Tag: HFY

Twitter-based sci-fi writing prompts

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.

Never underestimate humans

Vegnault Grats was frozen in place. No amount of captain’s training could have prepared him for this. The Grand Destroyer Sword of Slaughter was no more. Grats had…

They landed on what?

Vegnault Grats was writing another missive to his Forebear3 begging to be reassigned out of the Thirteenth Voids. That was when the order arrived. Some new race called…

Invite the humans, they said

Invite the humans, they said. It will be fine, they said. Humans are friendly, they said. What they did not say is that humans recreationally imbibe toxins, poisons,…

Bed and Breakfast on Agarben 4

Your family has owned a bed and breakfast in a popular coastal town on Agarben 4 for generations. Today is your first day on the job. You’ve helped…

Humans, who knew?

You decided to take a year out visiting the nine core alien homeworlds. The only issue is no one warned you that humans are easily three times larger…

Rules for humans

When humanity first joined the Galactic Council it was seen as one of the great moments in history. There were a few rules to follow but they were…

Mission to Agarben 4

You have been sent to a seaside city on the southern continent of the temperate planet, Agarben 4. Your mission is to make contact with a human. A…

First Contact

Yesterday we learned that we are not alone in the universe. Today humanity will meet envoys from nine alien races. That first meeting is ten minutes away. You…