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
When two drug-addicted old men fall in love, they are forbidden to see each other. They decide to escape to the homeworld of their deadliest enemy.
In a computer program, the crew of The Springfield explores a mysterious pyramid.
When a computer programmer travels to an agricultural spaceship in search of his missing girlfriend, he becomes a target for a mercenary.
A story about two brothers who use a time machine to fight in World War 2.
A story about two scientists who are abducted by aliens & forced to work on a labour camp.
A story about a workaholic puppy who inherits an ancient artifact but a group of angry members of a cult want it instead.
A story about two dentists who fight each other to save their sibling.
When a troubled viking is kidnapped & imprisoned in a volcano, he is rescued by a friendly creature. They become best friends.
A ship carrying a cargo of deactivated robots crash-lands on a cold planet. Only two of the crew survive, but they activate the robots to help them survive. They survive for 7 years, & when the Humans become sick & die, the robots have to save them.
A story about two biologists who risk a dangerous assault course over the heir to throne of a vast intergalactic empire.
When an unhappy trainee astronaut travels to a dark colony in search of a place to escape, he is kidnapped & imprisoned in a nightmarish virtual reality matrix. He realizes that killing himself is the only way to escape.
A story about two scientists who enter a driving competition.
On a floating island, the crew of The HMS Wild Clarke explores the fossilized remains of a monster.
A ship carrying a cargo of deactivated robots crash-lands on a water planet. Only two of the crew survive, but they activate the robots to help them survive. A rescue attempt is launched, but is thwarted by the robots.
When a smart-ass wizard travels to an abandoned factory in search of a new computer, he is kidnapped & imprisoned in a nightmarish virtual reality matrix. He realizes that killing himself is the only way to escape.