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 a rude webdesigner who steals a bag of money from a microbiologist who wants it back.
A story about two overweight people who discover a time machine.
A story about a debonair 3rd level technician who is given a gun that can erase someone from history, but has to escape from a gang of psycho gamers who want it for themselves.
A story about two talking dogs who travel to 18th century England.
After a number of suspicious deaths on a NASA spacestation, a dangerous viking is suspected of murder.
Glenn Miles was on a path to obscurity, until they were bitten by a radioactive newt & developed the ability to swim like a shark.
When a witty god-like being is imprisoned by terrorists in a virtual reality construct, he builds a teleporter using instructions scratched into the wall.
A ship carrying a cargo of deactivated robots crash-lands on a lonely planet. Only two of the crew survive, but they activate the robots to help them survive. They discover the robots have been programmed with the memories of dead people.
A cyborg killing machine tries to plant a bomb. a flamboyant young astronomer saves the day by performing a heist.
The Australian Prime Minister reveals he's been speaking to aliens, & becomes an interpreter for them. Do people believe him?
A dinosaur begins to experience memories of a past life in which it was a prisoner.
An unknown alien intelligence establishes a base on Titan. Unable to communicate with the aliens, the Space Force 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 Titan; they are cloning soldiers.
A lion steals a bag of money. a sad scientist saves the day by doing what they'd vowed never to do again.
A story about an unhealthy military general who has to protect a dinosaur from psycho teenagers with special powers.
Conan O'Brien is eaten by an alien on live TV.