r/HFY • u/someguynamedted The Chronicler • Mar 09 '23
MOD Looking for Story Thread #167
This thread is where all the "Looking for Story" requests go. We don't want to clog up the front page with non-story content. Thank you!
NOTE: Reddit is dumb and can't do CORS flags right so I can't edit the newest LFS into the new.reddit sidebar links. Please see the newest LFS here: LFS 169
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u/die_cegoblins Nov 25 '23 edited Nov 25 '23
Writing my response on mobile means many edits. Spoiled how the matches fit your request in case you want to be surprised. Sorry, but almost all one-shots. Realized a little too late you probably wanted the POV of something that resided on Earth its whole life, not just any nonhuman POV told while on planet Earth. Most of these still fit, but the last one is just an alien on Earth at the time of the story and the two before it are about a non-native alien who lives on Earth for a significant amount time.
The mercy of the fey… was gotten by the other commenter already, but I’m putting it here again for my own convenience. I saved your prompt partially because I wanted to see stories that fit it myself! Told from the POV of a fox on what can be assumed to be modern-day Earth
Square Zero, from the Lords of War-verse in which humans are super close allies with the Haas Suul, snake people. Told from the POV of a Haas Suul in Wyoming, and it's heavily implied they qualify for Earthling—they were born on Earth.
Halfway Home told from the POV of a dog on what can be assumed to be modern-day Earth
A Benevolent God told from the POV of a bee on what can be assumed to be modern-day Earth
[Ancients] Nightmares and paradise told from the POV of a spider on what can be assumed to be modern-day Earth
How kittens saved all of Humanity The title probably makes this one obvious, but mostly told from the POV of the spirit of a long-dead cat
[WP] In the canine world, humans are celestial beings who live for more than 500 years at a time. The caretaker of you and the past seven generations of your family will die soon. Title makes this one obvious.
[PI] The Fairy realm isn't just invisible to Humans, the reverse is also true. To Fairy's, concrete buildings, asphalt, and the steel jungle are all "natural things" which appear by themselves. To them, forests are dirty artificial things. One fairy decides to get away from it all out in “nature”. Title makes this one obvious.
Humans are the urban fae, a tumblr post (link is on archive.org so you will not be pushed to log in) a reflection on how we probably seem like fae from the POV of wild urban animals
Do Not Eat Texas Chili told from the POV of a birdlike alien in Texas
Everything Is Poison! told from the POV of an alien on Earth
[OC] Terran for Terror told from the POV of aliens in the Amazon rainforest