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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
The upload went well. You are now enjoying your fifth new body. You look great for a two hundred and thirty-five year old. There is one small problem….
You return from an eventless tour of the outer colonies to find that half the fleet is missing or damaged; someone has moved the earth; and no one…
While flying through a volume of unexplored space, your ship picks up an SOS beacon. The signal is coming from inside a nebula which scans suggest will seriously…
During a raid, the police take possession of a perfectly ordinary-looking computer. However, when the tech team plug it in, the computer complains that it has been detained…
Last night, you and your best friend of many years went out drinking. Your friend got very drunk. While drunk, your friend told you their biggest secret. Your…
I have curated a selection of the writing prompts found on Twitter. If you want something to get you writing, this might be it. They are from accounts…
After accidentally stumbling through an experimental time warp, you ended up injured in the far future. They fixed you up and sent you back again. Only there might…
An older, but somehow familiar, man appears suddenly in front of you. He staggers forwards and presses a torn scrap of paper into your hands before vanishing again….
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…
After decades of war, humanity finds itself tucked into densely populated walled cities. Outside the walls are danger, radiation, and adventure. This is why most people stay in…
Under the shadow of a tree, four apparent strangers meet as if by accident. This is no coincidence though. This meeting was years in the making. What these…
The courts have sentenced a man to be executed based on the indisputable evidence of the court AI. An AI that has never been wrong. At least never…
Here is a selection of writing prompts from Reddit. These were all found on r/WritingPrompts. Visit r/WritingPrompts for more.
I recently found a great Twitter account (@CommanderGunn) posting space opera sci-fi plot ideas. Here is a small selection of my favourites.
One evening, you are looking at the sky. A small alien ship plops down in front of you. The pilot has selected you as humanity’s envoy to go…
The Twitter account @WeWriteDragons shares a lot of great writing prompts. Here are just a few that I really liked. If you liked these, follow @WeWriteDragons for loads…