Science fiction story generator
One change to how the world works, followed honestly to where it leads.
- Free, no account
- Editable afterwards
- 20 languages
Write a story
Everything is optional. The defaults already work.
Leave it blank and the generator picks something itself.
One change to how the world works, followed honestly to where it leads.
Your story appears here as it is written. Set the options on the left and press Generate.
Science fiction is an argument in the shape of a story. Change one thing about how the world works, then be honest about what follows, including the parts that are inconvenient or dull. That honesty is what separates it from a story with spaceships in it.
The generator is instructed to let the technology create the human problem rather than solve it, and to keep the explanation out of the dialogue. Nobody in your story will turn to a colleague and explain how their own century works.
What this generator is aiming for
One change, followed through
Pick the single novum and trace its second and third effects. Memory backups are interesting. Memory backups that only keep seven days are a story.
No exposition dumps
The world arrives through what people do with it: the forms they fill in, the workarounds they have learned, the things they no longer bother to mention.
Consequence over spectacle
The ending should follow from the premise rather than from an escalation. If the idea would still work at the scale of one kitchen, it is a strong one.
Science fiction questions
Can it write hard science fiction?
Say so in your idea and keep the premise specific. It will stay within the constraint you give it, though it is a story generator and not a physics engine, so check anything you intend to present as accurate.
What about dystopian or post-apocalyptic stories?
Both work well here. Choose the Dark tone and describe the world in one line. The Setting field is a good place for the state of things.
Can it write near-future fiction?
Yes, and it tends to be the strongest mode. A change that is fifteen minutes into the future leaves the rest of the world recognisable, which makes the difference land harder.
Other genres
Same generator, set up for a different kind of story.
Fantasy
Magic with rules, a world that behaves consistently, and people who live in it normally.
Adventure
A journey with something real at stake and a route that keeps closing behind you.
Romance
Two people, a reason they cannot simply say it, and the moment they do.
Horror
Dread built from ordinary things behaving slightly wrong.
Mystery
A question planted on the first page and paid off fairly on the last.
Children's story
Simple words, a warm problem, and a child who solves it themselves.
Bedtime story
Calm, kind and slow, written to be read aloud and to end with someone asleep.
Thriller
A clock running down and a character who cannot afford to stop moving.
Comedy
A straight face, an escalating problem, and no jokes announced in advance.
Drama
Ordinary people, an unresolved thing between them, and the day it surfaces.
Fairy tale
The old shape, told plainly: three tries, a bargain, and a cost.
Historical fiction
A real period rendered through what people ate, owed and worried about.
Flash fiction
Under 500 words, one moment, and a turn you feel a beat after reading it.
Inspirational
Persistence shown through effort, not through a speech at the end.