A short story about humans driven from earth. When they return many years, they find the aliens have been killed off by dogs.
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Hi, welcome to SF&F. Where and when did you read this?DavidW– DavidW2025-10-29 21:58:23 +00:00Commented 2 days ago
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1Note that a quick search at ISFDb finds 7 short works with that exact title and 4 more titled "The Allies." Many of those were published in the past few years, so the year you read this would really help narrow it down.DavidW– DavidW2025-10-29 22:31:40 +00:00Commented 2 days ago
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4It sounds like "The Allies" by Mark Geston, as described here: scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/229623/…Clara Díaz Sánchez– Clara Díaz Sánchez2025-10-29 22:43:57 +00:00Commented 2 days ago
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I didn't know that Geston had returned to the field at all - he'd stopped writing in the mid-70s, I believe to focus on his legal career. Neat!Mustapha Mond– Mustapha Mond2025-10-30 04:42:01 +00:00Commented 2 days ago
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I believe this is by Mark S. Geston
Mark S. Geston, "The Allies" (F&SF May 1998) Novelette in which humans escape invading aliens by launching gigantic interstellar ships. When the last surviving ship is unable to find another habitable planet, it returns to an Eden-like Earth and discovers the true allies of mankind.
This can be found on the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.
