Story Idea Starters

SpecFic Subjects

CREATE A STORY IDEA OR A PROMPT, USING ONE OR MORE OF THE BELOW SUBJECTS (OR MAKE UP YOUR OWN):

UFOs, Suspended animation, Time Travel/ Future-Past, Space exploration, Alternate histories, Portals, Apocalyptic or Post-Apocalyptic worlds, Cannibalism, Demons, Fortune-telling, Prophecy, Magic, Psychics, Robots, Vampres, Ghosts, Goblins, Telekinesis, Telepathy, Virtual Reality, Wizardry, Zombies, Mutated creatures/people, Planetary exploration, Dystopia, Werewolves, Mind control, Witches, Psy, etc.

*** WHAT OTHER SPECULATIVE FICTION SUBJECTS WOULD YOU ADD TO THIS LIST? ***

SpecFic Story Ideas

->You get a strange email in your InBox. What does it say?

->The rain just keeps pouring without relief. Flood engulfs the town from the swollen river. Something(s) in the water (ancient, released by floodwater).

->You awaken to a minor cut (or sore) on your body/face. It gets worse, gradually. What caused it? What happens next?

->Boys find strange object/device in town dump. (It is an overpopulation year for rats, and the boys are overturning trash and killing the rats with heavy sticks.)

->You get a strange email in your InBox. What does it say?

->The rain just keeps pouring without relief. Flood engulfs the town from the swollen river. Something(s) in the water (ancient, released by floodwater).

->You awaken to a minor cut (or sore) on your body/face. It gets worse, gradually. What caused it? What happens next?

->Boys find strange object/device in town dump. (It is an overpopulation year for rats, and the boys are overturning trash and killing the rats with heavy sticks.)

->A new drink (or other product) on the market hits big, begins to affect the consumers.

->Overhead “shooting star” (meteorite,etc.) streaks overhead (or slowly falls in an arc). You investigate where it lands.