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 black women who solve mysteries.

A story about two old women who invent a new technology that the world isn't prepared for.

When two alien explorers fall in love, they are forbidden to see each other. They decide to murder their parents.

A story about two gamers who are kidnapped by idiots.

A story about two cannibals who try to kill Pol Pot.

An unknown alien intelligence establishes a base on Miranda. Unable to communicate with the aliens, the US Navy 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 Miranda; they are cloning soldiers.

After doing battle with an enemy spaceship in a remote star system, The Stolen Yuri Gagarin crash-lands on a sandy 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.

Two reality TV stars become stranded on a low-gravity robot planet. 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 lava planet. Only two of the crew survive, but they activate the robots to help them survive. The robots find instructions carved into a cave wall, & start to build what is inscribed.

In the near future, a Bavarian Princess creates a gun that changes people's gender. She uses it against her rivals to gain political power, until someone uses it against her.

A story about two hispanic men who save a hospital from invaders.

Salvatore Lloyd was on a path to obscurity, until they were bitten by a radioactive mouse & developed the ability to turn invisible.

A story about two explorers who perform a deadly series of challenges for the hand of an alien heir.

A story about two celebrity chefs who fight with each other to mine resources from a moon.

An emotionless military robot begins to experience memories of a past life in which it was a mad scientist.