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 story about two astronauts who work on a spaceship that starts to crash.
A story about two scientists who compete with each other for the hand of a beautiful woman.
When an overweight normal teenager travels to a newly discovered world in search of fame, he's kidnapped by pirates.
A story about two talking dogs who perform a deadly series of challenges to save their daughters.
After a number of suspicious deaths on a NASA spacestation, a drug-addicted schoolteacher is suspected of murder.
A story about two time travellers who meet Marilyn Monroe.
A story about an assertive con man who steals a gem from an engineer who wants it back.
A story about a grumpy 3rd level technician who is given a gun that changes people's opinions, but has to escape from a gang of psycho overweight people who want it for themselves.
A large alien armada arrives in Earth orbit. The aliens broadcast a message to the world, saying that they intend to use Humans as slaves.
A story about two gangsters who risk death to save their pets.
A story about two vampires who didn't do enough to save their planet.
After doing battle with an enemy spaceship in a remote star system, The Beetle crash-lands on a forest planet. When the surviving crew scout the area around the crash site, they are surprised to discover that the enemy vessel has also crashed. The two crews will have to work together to survive.
A murderer steals a bag of money. a troubled talking dog saves the day by stealing something precious to the villain, & escaping with it.
A story about two kittens who go to war for mining rights on the planet Mars.
A cyborg killing machine begins to experience memories of a past life in which it was a 1960s computer mainframe.