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
In the near future, an inventor creates a device that disintegrates someone with no trace. When her creation falls into the hands of the European Union she realises she needs to destroy it.
Marshall Howell was on a path to obscurity, until they were bitten by a radioactive poodle & developed the ability to turn into a giant spider.
In the jungle, the crew of The Manilla Dotson explores the ruins of an ancient civilization.
A story about a dying jobless person who steals a powerful weapon from the President of America who wants it back.
A story about an assertive humanoid hamster who has to protect a talking toaster from psycho alien wizards.
Two alien abductors become stranded on a desert cavern. When they run out of supplies, one is forced to eat the other to survive.
A ship carrying a cargo of deactivated robots crash-lands on a high-gravity planet. Only two of the crew survive, but they activate the robots to help them survive. The robots become overprotective of the Humans, & kill all indigenous wildlife.
In the near future, an epidemiologist creates a gun that makes things disappear. She uses it on herself, & the police have to investigate what happened.
A cyborg killing machine begins to experience memories of a past life in which it was a microwave.
When a superhero is imprisoned by terrorists in the hold of an alien spaceship, he starts to evolve into something different.
Fern McKnight was on a path to obscurity, until they were bitten by a radioactive beaver & developed the ability to conjure tornadoes.
On a dwarf planet, the crew of The Drowned Boyle explores an island of mysterious creatures.
Two clones become stranded on a methane planetoid. When they run out of supplies, one is forced to eat the other to survive.
When a humanoid animal travels to a millionaire's theme park in search of his missing wife, he's kidnapped by enemies from the past.
A large alien armada arrives in Earth orbit. The aliens broadcast a message to the world, saying that they intend to live among us.