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You have been assigned to The Potent Void VFP – one of the faster ships in the fleet. The problem is the ship AI has very strong opinions…
Despite your Master’s Degree in psychology, you ended up working in Advanced Computers because that was where the work was. This has left you uniquely qualified for a…
Blaze is hired by a beautiful jazz singer. She wants his help recovering a missing diamond pendant. She says that Franky Chayan took the gem but Chayan died…
Here is a sampling of our Twitter-based sci-fi writing prompts. Many of them are HFY type prompts but feel free to take them anywhere you want.
Grand Elder Tashmin has ordered you to give a presentation to the Star Magus Council explaining why humans are not the ideal familiars they think they are. The…
It is a little know fact that Goblins live among us. They usually refrain from making contact with non-magical humans because our portrayal of goblins in fiction and…
You arrive home to discover your parents have finished off nine two-hundred-year-old bottles of wine. They were still reminiscing about the grape harvest that year when you went…
You have the ability to see who a person’s dream partner is. You don’t even need to see someone in person – a photograph or a good description…
The post-war apocalypse is boring. So you invented a time machine to go sightseeing in times where there were a lot more people and a lot less radiation….
Six months after the founding of the second Martian colony, it declared war on the first Martian colony. You have been sent to find out what they are…
Every few years your country identifies a prophecied Chosen One to sit on the imperial throne and lead the army in war. The first duty of a chosen…
Colin has finally rounded up a bunch of missing pixies only the client, the pay, and all evidence of a contract have vanished. Also, the landlord is due…
A two-foot-tall man is sitting on the end of your bed. He says that you are living in a simulated reality. He’s sorry but he can’t get you…
Colin Blaze was in Hyde Park looking for pixies when he is arrested on suspicion of possession of kittens. Stunned, Blaze goes with the police officers willing. Thus…
Try this writing challenge on for size. Write about your character witnessing a storm but use your description of the storm to reflect the character’s inner struggle.
Colin Blaze has been hired to locate seven missing pixies. He has also been hired to stop a man who can enter paintings and pictures like they were…
You awake. The room is cool and calm. Birds are singing outside your window. Your pillow is soft and comfortable – just five more minutes. A little light…
Who doesn’t like looking at snow? I guess it depends on the location and the snow.
Phronesis labs have been creating sentient minds for decades. These minds are used to run simulations and test PR and advertising ideas. Today, one of Phronesis Labs’ oldest…
The new god, Adam Celbridge, has grown tired of being a god. He wants – so he says – to go and live alone on Mars. To this…