When I found out that Equestria Daily was having a Nightmare Night fanfic contest, I thought I'd pitch my own story in.
In the rules, it specifically stated that this wasn't a comedy horror contest, and not to write a story about Pinkie Pie's fear of broccoli, or something along those lines. While this story isn't centered around something goofy like that (but is, instead, written just as if it were a stand-alone episode from the show), I thought I'd add in Pinkie Pie having a fear of broccoli, just as a joke. Hopefully no one will mind.
I had a choice between either this story, or another story I was working on which involved some fairly serious subject matter in the pony universe. I decided to go with this story since it most resembles a regular episode, and it's about Ponyville's Nightmare Night celebration specifically.
Mayhap you'll see the other story at some point, but I hope you enjoyed this story in the meantime.
Take care,
-HH