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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,…

When the humans came to the party

The junior offer’s party was going well. There was food, dancing, and great music. Then the human delegation arrived. They had to duck to use the door but…

Never fight humans

You sat on the command chair of the new flagship. It was designed to face enemy ships in head-on fire for solar cycles on end. You would, you…

Saved by aliens, or were we?

Your engines failed mid-trip. This should have meant certain death for you and your five crew members. Fortunately, you were picked up by an unknown race of massive…

What’s drink got to do with it?

You wonder if you did something wrong. Normally, the Galactic Council only asks for you when the situation is dire. This time they asked you to investigate what…

Why must we have humans?

You were hoping that your last year as the chief advisor to the Galactic Council would be unremarkable. Sadly, no. The humans have done it yet again. In…

You must spy on the aliens

Star Command has built a huge robotic facsimile of one of the giant aliens they recently lost a war to. You will be the robot’s commander with the…

Our war against the newcomers

United fleet command has declared war on an emerging race. You have been given command of a small yet powerful fleet of ships. Your orders are to wipe…

You must initiate first contact

You have been selected by your government to initiate first contact with a freshly discovered race. You feel honoured to have been selected. That is until you meet…

Infected with humans

You finally get the radio telescope to yourself for an evening. With a little luck, you might get useful data for your thesis. You turn the dishes towards…

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…