241. In a typical first-world suburb, one family struggles with poverty while trying to hide their dire financial circumstances.
242. Two siblings who haven’t spoken for years are reunited when their widowed parent is found dead of unnatural causes.
243. Science fiction often explores what would happen if robots or artificial intelligence (AI) surpassed human intelligence and then decided to take over the world. But what if they decided to take over in an effort to ensure the survival and betterment of humanity because they were programmed to do just that?
244. An artist who sculpts and carves figurines learns he or she has magical powers that bring the figurines to life.
245. Write a story about the Middle Ages with a horror twist (just think about all those horrifying torture devices they used).
246. Some people look for love in all the wrong places. Write about someone who finds love in the wrong place.
247. Write a story about a person, couple, or family who operates a lighthouse during the 1800’s.
248. The kids are grown, off to college, or married and having kids. But all of them fall upon hard times—at the same time— and move back into the family home. Laughs ensue.
249. Write a story about a little kid who talks all the time, even when alone, playing in front of adults, or with other children.
250. Write a story about a student in junior high or high school struggling with a bigoted teacher.
251. Mysteries and crime stories often include protagonists who are cops, detectives, or special agents. Write a story about one of these people but focus on their personal lives rather than their work.
252. A team of FBI agents is assembled to take down a human trafficking ring. They do not get along with each other very well, but they have to learn to work together in order to save the victims and see justice done.
253. Humans discover they are compatible with an alien parasite that offers benefits: prolonged life, higher intelligence, and other desirable abilities.
254. It’s not easy to get into the heads of animals— whether they’re farm animals or wild animals. Write a story about animal culture from the perspective of the animals themselves.
255. A bunch of happy-go-lucky vacationers are horrified when their cruise ship re- turns to port to find that they are the only remaining survivors on Earth.
256. What happens when two characters fall in love online? Is it real? Will they ever meet in person and find out? If so, are they who they claimed to be when they were safe behind their keyboards and monitors?
257. Write a story set in a historical era when men and women’s roles were dramatically different than they are today.
258. Write a comedy about a well-to-do family from the city that has lost all their wealth except an old, run-down farmhouse in the country. They are forced to move into it and learn to live humbly.
259. Write a children’s story about a kid who struggles with nightmares.
260. It’s not easy being the new kid. The protagonist has just moved to a new town, and if that weren’t bad enough, the people there are nothing like the folks back home.