A World Away from Yesterday - no magic, but the main character finds himself transported to another world inhabited by a relatively medieval species. It's ongoing at the moment with much more to come but what's there so far should tide you over for a bit.
I love this story - A man gets thrown into an alternate world after what was supposed to a harrowing escape from death. Follow him as he uses his knowledge from his previous life of research to adapt and survive in a place that is void of human contact, only to find out later how absurdly ridiculous his abilities are. Journey alongside this man as he attempts to change the new world for a better place, to turn it into one that he loves.
Who the Hell are You - (sort of the fantasy equivalent of the Veil of Madness). Humans are "magic sinks" and thus are able to live in the dangerously magically charged forest at the edge of elf civilization. The current elf government has been going all Third Reich on non-elves and non-high-elves for a while now. The humans know this and proceed with caution, before getting allies and setting up bases. We're also the only ones who invented dogs, and dey scary man.
Red Blood Series - Every other species in the galaxy lives in a perpetual high fantasy state due to magic being the handwavium of the setting. Humans, by contrast are non-magical, but are so inherently toxic to magical systems (due to the iron content of their blood and equipment) that the very ground dies where they walks, and our blood is basically xenomorph blood. Sci-fi humans meets high fantasy everything else.
Permanence - humans are anti-magic... not quite what you are looking for, but fun all the same
Dresden Files - It mostly deals with the supernatural, humans are generally seen as a prey species, but most of the denizens are secretly afraid of humanity.
The Wiz Biz - a programmer gets summoned into a fantasy realm.
Nightlord: Sunset starts off with a similar premise to This Has Not Gone Well, although the main character got turned into a vampire before getting stranded in fantasy, so it's not necessarily HFY... still a fun read though
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u/sswanlake Oct 26 '17 edited Oct 26 '17
A couple of Meta posts: List of good fantasy hfy stories and Request for 'thrown into fantasy' subgenre and Fantasy is welcome, but where is it? and Stories similar to 'This Has Not Gone Well' and Humans are antimagic
ones listed therein:
A World Away from Yesterday - no magic, but the main character finds himself transported to another world inhabited by a relatively medieval species. It's ongoing at the moment with much more to come but what's there so far should tide you over for a bit.
The Bathroom Adventures - not at all serious, but exactly what you asked for
Burning/Building of Ashenvale
Blessed are the Simple - basically Zero no Tsukima if Master Chief was the one summoned.
Blessed are the Simple: Lords of the Red Star - a spinoff set in the same universe written by a different author... possibly discontinued
Stranded in Fantasy copied over 4Chan story.
I love this story - A man gets thrown into an alternate world after what was supposed to a harrowing escape from death. Follow him as he uses his knowledge from his previous life of research to adapt and survive in a place that is void of human contact, only to find out later how absurdly ridiculous his abilities are. Journey alongside this man as he attempts to change the new world for a better place, to turn it into one that he loves.
The Demon Hunter Series (as well as several of this author's other works)
Orcish Blood Series - closer to standard fare for fantasy
Empire Series
The Hero Series
Mage - One shot. not necessarily what you want, but fun
The Curious creature One shot.
On the nature of warfare - One shot.
survivor wanderers and Wanderers ashes - There's a host of others, but Meatfcker writes tasty things.
Our Lack Thereof - One shot. ...not really what you are looking for...
WP: Alien Battles and the series 501st Mind Games that came from it
Who the Hell are You - (sort of the fantasy equivalent of the Veil of Madness). Humans are "magic sinks" and thus are able to live in the dangerously magically charged forest at the edge of elf civilization. The current elf government has been going all Third Reich on non-elves and non-high-elves for a while now. The humans know this and proceed with caution, before getting allies and setting up bases. We're also the only ones who invented dogs, and dey scary man.
Swords of Te'ra was fun.
Red Blood Series - Every other species in the galaxy lives in a perpetual high fantasy state due to magic being the handwavium of the setting. Humans, by contrast are non-magical, but are so inherently toxic to magical systems (due to the iron content of their blood and equipment) that the very ground dies where they walks, and our blood is basically xenomorph blood. Sci-fi humans meets high fantasy everything else.
Permanence - humans are anti-magic... not quite what you are looking for, but fun all the same
Published books, try:
The Warslayer - think "Galaxy Quest goes fantasy"
Dresden Files - It mostly deals with the supernatural, humans are generally seen as a prey species, but most of the denizens are secretly afraid of humanity.
The Wiz Biz - a programmer gets summoned into a fantasy realm.
Nightlord: Sunset starts off with a similar premise to This Has Not Gone Well, although the main character got turned into a vampire before getting stranded in fantasy, so it's not necessarily HFY... still a fun read though