Random Story Idea Generator
We created this random story idea generator to provide inspiration to science fiction writers, roleplayers, or game makers. While a little imagination is required (as is 99.9% of the creative process), we hope you will find it a useful way to slap your muse around the face and engage your creativity.
The generator will display randomly generated sci-fi plot ideas, useful for short stories, or maybe to inspire a full novel. Simply press the button for more ideas.
Sci-fi Story ideas
A large alien armada arrives in Earth orbit. The aliens broadcast a message to the world, saying that they intend to give us their advanced technology as long as we give them 10,000 people to use as slaves.
A story about a grumpy brave explorer who steals an ancient artifact & has to escape with it.
A story about two alien scientists who become deities for an alien race.
Frank Cobb was on a path to obscurity, until they were bitten by a radioactive radioactive spider & developed the ability to heal people just by touching them.
When a nurse travels to an expensive castle in search of his missing husband, he's abducted by aliens, & a clone is created to replace him. The story is told from the perspective of both the original and the clone.
A story about two neanderthals who fight for custody for the hand of a beautiful woman.
An unknown alien intelligence establishes a base on Mars. Unable to communicate with the aliens, the Australian Military send a small team to deal with the threat. Before they are able to destroy the base, the team learn what the aliens are really doing on Mars; they are cloning soldiers.
An unknown alien intelligence establishes a base on Phobos. Unable to communicate with the aliens, the European Space Agency send a small team to deal with the threat. Before they are able to destroy the base, the team learn what the aliens are really doing on Phobos; they are there to defend the Earth from another hostile species.
A story about two black men who accidentally kill the only doctor that can cure their illness.
When a spaceship captain travels to an expensive moon in search of a spaceship, he is kidnapped and imprisoned in an abandoned prison, he must win the trust of his captor in order to escape.
A large alien armada arrives in Earth orbit. The aliens broadcast a message to the world, saying that they intend to use Human beings as batteries.
A story about a dejected brave explorer who inherits a bag of money but a group of angry dolphins want it instead.
When a friendly alien travels to an abandoned planet in search of refuge, he adopts a false identity and finds himself in trouble with the law.
A cyborg begins to experience memories of a past life in which it was a computer.
When two educated mermaids fall in love, they are forbidden to see each other. They decide to escape on a spaceship.