Jacob’s an avid reader. And he has a unique gift – the ability to put himself into and back out of a good story. But his latest book’s taken over, and as things go south he can’t get out of the story. He’s the book’s main character – a space cadet in which he and […]Continue Reading
20 Sci-Fi Story Ideas
Life Swap An inventive technologist launches a business that allows people to swap lives with other willing individuals. They're Already Here Back in the 1920s an alien race seeking refuge landed on earth on a small island in the south pacific. For a hundred years they've managed to keep the island cloaked and secret from […]Continue Reading
TRAPPIST-1 Inspired Sci-fi Story Idea
The year is 2030-something and we’ve just confirmed that one of the TRAPPIST-1 planets is safe for humans to inhabit. John Snarding – a senior NASA scientist – has for the past ten years headed a team dedicated to testing methods of space travel with potential to transport humans to TRAPPIST-1. Thankfully a breakthrough has […]Continue Reading
4 Space Travel Writing Prompts
Intergalactic Drone Spy The year is 2540 and we no longer wonder if we’re alone in the world. During a rapid period of improvements in planetary research capabilities we’ve discovered nine planets known to have earth-like life. But we know we must be careful in making first contact. A federation of international scientist have deployed […]Continue Reading
The Android Planet
The year is 2420 something and Edwark Myrken has just discovered a new planet. For the past fifteen years he’s been on a four man expedition to discover the origin of a radio signal that appears to be emitting from a local solar system. Unfortunately by the time he reaches the responsible planet the rest of […]Continue Reading
Porter the Spaceship Thief
The year is 2790 something and Porter Pridepickle has a gift for talking his way out of a pickle. But at the moment he’s in the bind of his life. After working on contract to steal one of the galaxy’s most expensive starships from one of the nastiest interplanetary underworld leaders, Porter has found himself […]Continue Reading
Kip Snipsnider and the Space Race
The year is 4090 something and the world has gotten a lot bigger. Earth has long been lost to an alien race from the Magnorium Quadrant. Humans have since scattered to various corners of our own galaxy. Kip Snipsnider is a tenth generation intergalactic ship builder who’s family designed and built some of the first […]Continue Reading
Creating a livable environment on Mars.
This idea was inspired by Elon Musk’s comment last night to Stephen Colbert that the quickest way to created a livable environment on Mars is to nuke it. The year is 2070-something and Jacob Jibberson is a senior scientist on a project designed to create a livable environment on Mars. The project includes the deployment […]Continue Reading
The end of earth.
The year is 3890 something and the people of Earth have learned that their days are numbered due to an asteroid on path to hit earth within a couple of months. However, a team of scientist have recently discovered a method for bending space that would allow the inhabitants of earth to efficiently move to […]Continue Reading
Prison Planet
The year is 3020-something and earth has long been evacuated. Most humans evacuated to a planet in a nearby solar system. While teleportation has yet to be perfected, we have discovered a way to create worm holes in space that allow us to travel almost instantly to planets and solar systems within known distances. One […]Continue Reading