Short web-original story about eldritch horrors repelling an alien first-contact
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I've been trying to find a web-original short story I read a couple years back.
I found it on Imgur, text on an image, fairly long, it may have been a 4chan greenpost.
The essential premise was a reminiscence from the point of view of aliens encountering humanity. Everything goes really well but something is subtly wrong.
Then the protagonist alien encounters a human child, and perceives something monstrous and shadowy "behind" them.
It turns out that humanity has eldritch horrors looking out for them and they don't tolerate the aliens' interference.
Humanity has no idea why the aliens packed up and ran away overnight.
I thought I read it in a compilation of "Humanity F*ck Yeah" stories, but haven't been able to find it again.
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I've been trying to find a web-original short story I read a couple years back.
I found it on Imgur, text on an image, fairly long, it may have been a 4chan greenpost.
The essential premise was a reminiscence from the point of view of aliens encountering humanity. Everything goes really well but something is subtly wrong.
Then the protagonist alien encounters a human child, and perceives something monstrous and shadowy "behind" them.
It turns out that humanity has eldritch horrors looking out for them and they don't tolerate the aliens' interference.
Humanity has no idea why the aliens packed up and ran away overnight.
I thought I read it in a compilation of "Humanity F*ck Yeah" stories, but haven't been able to find it again.
story-identification short-stories aliens horror online-resources
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That's not going to be a narrow search. Back in the 1990s there were fanfic stories with the premise "All the monsters and mutants on the X-Files fight the alien invasion plan".
– Keith Morrison
8 hours ago
I don't remember a human child being involved, but this sounds kinda like David Weber's Out of the Dark, based off a short story in an anthology called Warriors.
– ceejayoz
6 hours ago
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I've been trying to find a web-original short story I read a couple years back.
I found it on Imgur, text on an image, fairly long, it may have been a 4chan greenpost.
The essential premise was a reminiscence from the point of view of aliens encountering humanity. Everything goes really well but something is subtly wrong.
Then the protagonist alien encounters a human child, and perceives something monstrous and shadowy "behind" them.
It turns out that humanity has eldritch horrors looking out for them and they don't tolerate the aliens' interference.
Humanity has no idea why the aliens packed up and ran away overnight.
I thought I read it in a compilation of "Humanity F*ck Yeah" stories, but haven't been able to find it again.
story-identification short-stories aliens horror online-resources
edited 11 hours ago
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25.6k25146243
asked 14 hours ago
Ruadhan2300Ruadhan2300
27916
I've been trying to find a web-original short story I read a couple years back.
I found it on Imgur, text on an image, fairly long, it may have been a 4chan greenpost.
The essential premise was a reminiscence from the point of view of aliens encountering humanity. Everything goes really well but something is subtly wrong.
Then the protagonist alien encounters a human child, and perceives something monstrous and shadowy "behind" them.
It turns out that humanity has eldritch horrors looking out for them and they don't tolerate the aliens' interference.
Humanity has no idea why the aliens packed up and ran away overnight.
I thought I read it in a compilation of "Humanity F*ck Yeah" stories, but haven't been able to find it again.
story-identification short-stories aliens horror online-resources
story-identification short-stories aliens horror online-resources
edited 11 hours ago
SQB
25.6k25146243
asked 14 hours ago
Ruadhan2300Ruadhan2300
27916
edited 11 hours ago
SQB
25.6k25146243
asked 14 hours ago
Ruadhan2300Ruadhan2300
27916
edited 11 hours ago
SQB
25.6k25146243
edited 11 hours ago
SQB
25.6k25146243
edited 11 hours ago
SQB
25.6k25146243
25.6k25146243
asked 14 hours ago
Ruadhan2300Ruadhan2300
27916
asked 14 hours ago
Ruadhan2300Ruadhan2300
27916
asked 14 hours ago
Ruadhan2300Ruadhan2300
27916
27916
That's not going to be a narrow search. Back in the 1990s there were fanfic stories with the premise "All the monsters and mutants on the X-Files fight the alien invasion plan".
– Keith Morrison
8 hours ago
I don't remember a human child being involved, but this sounds kinda like David Weber's Out of the Dark, based off a short story in an anthology called Warriors.
– ceejayoz
6 hours ago
add a comment |
That's not going to be a narrow search. Back in the 1990s there were fanfic stories with the premise "All the monsters and mutants on the X-Files fight the alien invasion plan".
– Keith Morrison
8 hours ago
I don't remember a human child being involved, but this sounds kinda like David Weber's Out of the Dark, based off a short story in an anthology called Warriors.
– ceejayoz
6 hours ago
That's not going to be a narrow search. Back in the 1990s there were fanfic stories with the premise "All the monsters and mutants on the X-Files fight the alien invasion plan".
– Keith Morrison
8 hours ago
That's not going to be a narrow search. Back in the 1990s there were fanfic stories with the premise "All the monsters and mutants on the X-Files fight the alien invasion plan".
– Keith Morrison
8 hours ago
I don't remember a human child being involved, but this sounds kinda like David Weber's Out of the Dark, based off a short story in an anthology called Warriors.
– ceejayoz
6 hours ago
I don't remember a human child being involved, but this sounds kinda like David Weber's Out of the Dark, based off a short story in an anthology called Warriors.
– ceejayoz
6 hours ago
add a comment |
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That's not going to be a narrow search. Back in the 1990s there were fanfic stories with the premise "All the monsters and mutants on the X-Files fight the alien invasion plan".
– Keith Morrison
8 hours ago
I don't remember a human child being involved, but this sounds kinda like David Weber's Out of the Dark, based off a short story in an anthology called Warriors.
– ceejayoz
6 hours ago