korilian, on behalf of our pals at
sgagenrefinders, requested a "Not Human" challenge because they had such a great time brainstorming stories where characters are either born not human or are transformed into something not quite human. This gets you not just your elf, fairy, wingfic, superhero, robot, mermaid, vampire, etc type categories, but also your mutations, evolutions, iratus bug bites, etc. The genrefinders people would prefer stories that would help them get their 'Sorry, I was really an alien all along' cravings out of the way, but we here at flashfic will accept anything that can be plausibly framed as fitting a "Not Human" challenge prompt, because there's nothing to start a year off right like some good old serious crack.
Today's January 2, 2008; this challenge will end on January 16, 2008 at midnight eastern.