Fritz Leiber: A Pail of Air
Not my work but a very early and really moving example of HFY....
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Not my work but a very early and really moving example of HFY....
This is a massively reworked repost. The original has been posted a couple of weeks ago. I reworked it several times so it bears little connection to the original....
Did you ever hear the tragedy of the Martians who invaded Earth? I thought not. It’s not a story the humans would tell you. It’s an old legend of theirs. The Martians were rulers of the planet Mars in the Sol system, the same system as Earth, so powerful and so wise they were able to build spaceships capable of crossing the...
All human stories and ideas seem to have a life of their own because in a way, they do....
A Spark in the Dark...
The Screechers...
Iris the missile online. Target acquired. Function initialized. Propulsion engaged. Ascent nominal. Flight path calculated and synchronized. Iris will travel precisely to its designated coordinates. Iris must hit its mark with accuracy and efficiency. Guidance system is operating within Expected Parameters. I am alive....
What is HFY, HWTF, HASO and WC?...
Chapter 2...
This is a collection of short writing prompts of very different styles, organized as disorganized Transcripts during the Zombie Apocalypse from 2023. Some are funny, some serious, some insightful, some describe military operations. No Transcript is like another....
After the crushing defeat marking the end to the 2. Human-Illirian War the United Illirian Planets disbanded Humanity’s military forces leaving only intra-system police and customs crafts as well as, after long protests by the Solarian temporary government, one warship to guard Voyager 1, continuing a 500-year-long tradition....
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Chapter 1...
Hi all you lovely people out there in the wide world!...
So, I got this post on my lemmy client on android and wanted to reply, but I don’t see how. I see it’s been posted in !hfy and I can navigate here, but I can’t see anything but two posts, none of which contains that one I linked....
“The ambassador of the human civilisation will speak now.”...
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It had been a hard day’s work, but everything was ready for tomorrow. The cart was filled to the brim with baskets and crates. 34 baskets alone for Master Fremdon alone took up the majority of the space, 12 pounds each, but also a wide selection of other vegetables and herbs to sell...
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Note: This is a fanfic of Warhammer 40k. Love and Krieg is a collection of short vignettes born from the crazy minds and sappy hearts of a bunch of /tg/ anons tickled by the idea of a Krieger girlfriend. The stories detail the sometimes humorous, often heartwarming events in the relationship between an unnamed, well-meaning...
Hello everyone. This is my first post here. I am sharing the fanfic I loved here. I think it might be considered as HFY...
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“I remember when the humans defeated the Kress Imperium; I’ll remember it until I breathe my last. Do you remember it my old friend?” There was no answer from the bed next to me. “I’m sure you do, you were there after all. The war had started when I was only one cycle old. I remember when our race first discovered...
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/387861...