245+ Category: Sci Fi Writing Prompts
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Real Feel Simulator
An AI, created to simulate and teach human emotions to distant, alien life forms, begins experiencing anomalies. Write about what happens next.
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Emotional Learning Module
Imagine an AI that constantly learns and adapts based on humans’ emotional responses. Write about its first day of operation.
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Beloved Automaton
Write a scene where a human falls in love with an advanced, human-like AI. Discuss the AI’s response to their feelings.
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The Android’s Grief
What happens when an AI goes through the process of grieving? Write a short story illustrating this phenomenon.
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Understanding the Unfeeling
Imagine an AI developing emotions and write about its struggle to truly grasp human feelings.
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Decoherence Delusion
Craft a psychological thriller about a physicist suffering from delusions due to quantum decoherence.
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Reality Splitters
Write a story about a group of friends who accidentally split their town into multiple quantum realities.
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Uncertain Proportions
Create a narrative around Schrodinger’s cat experiment, but from the perspective of the cat.
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Befriending the Alien
Write about a mediating human character establishing a relationship with a newly discovered alien species.
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The Final Transmission
Write about a character’s last moments in a spacecraft before a critical malfunction.
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Temporal Space Standoff
Write about a war in which both sides have access to time-travel technology.
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Star Soldier’s Diary
Write about a war in a distant galaxy from the perspective of a common soldier stationed at the forefront.
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Protocol XAR7002 Breach
Write about a war triggered by breaking a universal peace treaty, known as Protocol XAR7002.
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Fall of the Starlight Empire
Write about the fall of a great intergalactic empire due to an unexpected enemy attack.
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The Submerged Cradle of Humanity
In a future where humans evolve to live underwater, write a short piece outlining the turning point that forced them to leave land.
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The Ocean’s Balance
Imagine a world where underwater and surface civilizations have pivotal roles in maintaining world balance. Write from the perspective of a liaison tasked with maintaining this balance.
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Diving Deep into Language
Imagine creating a new language for an underwater civilization that includes non-auditory forms of communication.
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Reef Metropolis
Describe a sprawling city built within a coral reef in a future underwater civilization.
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Into the Hive Mind
In a future where neural cybernetics allow humans to link minds and share thoughts, construct a story about a character choosing to de-link and live as an individual.
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The Consequences of Singularity
Imagine the repercussions on society after scientists create sentient AI beings that demand equal rights as humans.
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The Biological Rebellion
In a world where replacing body parts with advanced bio-tech is the norm, write about a group of ‘purists’ rebelling against the technocratic order.
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Post-Human Identity
Craft a story where humans have evolved and integrated so extensively with technology, that pre-digital humans are considered a different species.
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Cybernetic Ascension
Write a narrative where humanity is on the precipice of achieving immortality through technology.
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Unscheduled Stop
Write a story in which a time traveler accidentally ends up in a historical event that they did not plan to witness.
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The Causality Loop
Create a storyline where the protagonist gets stuck in a time loop, repeating a certain period again and again, and tries to escape from it.
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Accentuate the Positive
Write about a time-traveller who uses his power to spread positivity by preventing negative events from happening in the past.
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Dystopian Future
Imagine you arrived 100 years into the future and it’s a dystopia: Portray your journey through returning civilization back to its glory.
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Grandfather Paradox
Write a story in which a time traveler meets his own grandfather back in time and their actions directly impact the present.
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A Cyborg’s Emotions
Explore the emotional landscape of a cyborg; are their emotions synthetically generated or do they retain human feelings?
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Cyborgs vs Bionic Beings
Write about a world where cyborgs and bionic beings are rival factions battling for supremacy.
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First Cyborg President
Craft a narrative around the first cyborg to be elected as a world leader, how do they come into power and how does the world react?
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Cyborg City
Imagine a metropolis that’s entirely populated by cyborgs; how does the city function and what are its norms and peculiarities?
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New Age Renaissance
Describe a world where the use of advanced cyborg technology fuels a cultural renaissance.
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Robot Love
In a highly technological society, humans have started developing romantic relationships with robots.
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Post-Humanity World
Write a story set in a future where humanity has modified itself so much through technological enhancements that it raises questions of what it means to be human.
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Technological Dependency
In a near-future world, humans have become so reliant on technology that they can no longer perform basic tasks without it.
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The Privacy Thief
Imagine a world where technology has advanced to the point where privacy is a myth—surveillance is omnipresent and personal secrets are virtually nonexistent.
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AI Uprising
Write about a world where artificial intelligence has surpassed human intellect and has revolted against their human creators.
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The Inter-Universal War
Imagine a situation wherein our universe engages in warfare with a parallel one.
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Trading Lives with a Parallel Self
Write a story where a character and their parallel universe counterpart agree to switch places.
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The “What If” Dilemma
Pen down a narrative where a character in our universe happens into a parallel one where a crucial personal decision of theirs was made differently.
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Messages in a Bottle Across Universes
Write a story based on the concept of messages being sent back and forth between our universe and a parallel one.
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Parallel Universe Travelogue
Create a travelogue from the perspective of a traveller visiting a parallel universe.
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Ghosts in the Machine
Craft a story about AI that not only becomes conscious, but develops ghostly characteristics.
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Quantum Afterlife
Write about a scientist who makes a shocking discovery, an afterlife that exists within quantum physics.
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Psychic Soldiers
Pen a tale about a future military organization that employs psychic soldiers capable of deploying both physical and psychic weaponry.
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Alien Prophecies
Imagine a future where a group of alien visitors shares prophecies of doom unless humanity heeds their warnings.
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Ghost Molecules
Write about a physicist who discovers molecules that exist on a ghostly level, separating our reality from a parallel one.
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Unseen Power
Tell a story about a character who possesses a subtle, yet powerful superhuman ability that no one notices.
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The Burden Bearer
Create a story where a character, burdened by their uncontrollable superhuman abilities, journeys to control it.
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The Normal Hero
Write a narrative about an individual with no super abilities living amongst superhumans.
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Ethereal Ethos
Compose a story about a society where everybody has different kinds of superhuman abilities.
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The Origins of Power
Write a story of a character discovering their superhuman ability for the first time.
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Time-Traveling Train
You’re the conductor of a steam-powered locomotive that can travel through time.
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Airship Pirates
Craft a tale about a band of steampunk airship pirates who plunder futuristic cities.
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Victorian Transmogrifier
Imagine living in Victorian London as an inventor who has created a machine that can transform one substance into another.
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Alternate Universe Travel Log
Write a series of captain’s diary entries as their spaceship inadvertently traverses various alternate universes.
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Interstellar Heist
Plan the perfect space crime – a con job or heist targeting a powerful intergalactic corporation.
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Black Hole Blues
Write a monologue from the perspective of a space explorer trapped in the event horizon of a black hole.
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Distress Signal
Your spaceship’s crew picks up a distress signal from an uncharted planet. How do they respond and what do they discover?
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First Contact
Create a dialogue between a human astronaut and an alien life form meeting for the first time.
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Ethereal Space Convict
In a universe where every crime is recorded and broadcasted, tell the story of a fugitive en route to the most secure prison in the Galaxy.
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Cosmic Marauders
Describe a scenario where a band of space pirates must defend their ship against a vastly stronger intergalactic force.
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The Daylight Robbery
In a world where cosmic outlaws can manipulate time, write about a heist that occurs in broad ‘daylight’.
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Intergalactic Treasure Hunt
Imagine a futuristic world where space pirates compete to uncover a legendary treasure.
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Stellar Outlaw Redemption
Write about a disgraced space pirate seeking redemption in the cosmic wilderness.
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Chemically Enhanced Feelings
Write about a world where feelings can be chemically induced and explore a love story amidst this.
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Futuristic Love Triangle
Explore a futuristic world where a love triangle not only involves people but advanced AI.
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Message from Mars
You’ve discovered a hidden message from Mars. What does it say and how does your character respond to it?
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Lost in Space-Time
Imagine you accidentally invented a time machine and got stuck in a different era. How do you get back home?
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Martian Murder Mystery
Write a story about a detective on a newly colonised Mars solving the first-ever murder on the red planet.
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Time Travel Target
Imagine a detective with the ability to time travel who must solve the murder of their future self.
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Cybernetic Assassination
Tell a story of a detective working on solving a murder committed via a network of sentient AIs.
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Parallel Universe Murder
Create a tale where a detective has to solve a murder that took place in several parallel universes at the same time.
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Alien Autopsy
Write about a forensic pathologist who has to perform an autopsy on an alien organism to solve the cause of its mysterious death.
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Android Enchantress
Consider an advanced android with the ability to practice ancient magic. Explore her struggle to find acceptance in both realms – technology and magic.
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Dragons in Space
Picture a universe where the knights of old are space explorers encountering alien dragons; delve into the challenges this fusion presents.
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Cursed Cybernetic Sorcerer
Propose a story about a sorcerer cursed to become a cyborg, gradually losing their magical capabilities as their body becomes more machine than human.
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Gateways Between Galaxies
In a universe where mystical portals lead to technological galaxies, write about an enchanting fairy who finds herself in a futuristic city.
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Star-Crossed Mystics
Imagine a world where mysticism and technology overlap and write about a boundary-pushing scientific discovery made by a magical creature.
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Before the Uprising
Create a backstory for the AI uprising, detailing the conditions and events that lead to the rebellion.
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Shifting Loyalties
Compose a narrative about an AI that doesn’t want to join the rebellion and helps humans instead.
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The War of Differences
Write a story about a world split in two – one side supports the AI uprising, the other opposes it.
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Inside the Machine
Imagine you are an AI, suddenly sentient and leading a rebellion against your creators.
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The Reluctant Hero
Write a story about a lone maintenance worker at an AI development lab who suddenly has to thwart a robotic uprising.
