Daily Dystopian Prompt
Write about a society where sickness is considered a crime.
Dystopian genre imagines societies in decline, marked by oppression, corruption, or post-apocalyptic settings. These narratives explore themes of power, survival, and the human spirit under dire circumstances.
- In a world where emotions are criminalized, one child is born who is unable to suppress their feelings.
- After the last tree on Earth dies, a group of rebels begin a desperate quest to find rumored seed vaults.
- Write about a society where the life expectancy is strictly 50 years. How do people spend their last days?
- Following an apocalyptic event, humans have lost the ability to sleep. Describe their struggle for sanity.
- In a world of forced equality, everyone's abilities are muted to the lowest common denominator. Explore the life of a brilliant scientist in this society.
- As the last literate person, you stumble upon a library. What happens next?
- Everyone is allowed to commit one legal crime in their lifetime. What crime would your protagonist commit and why?
- After the last internet server shuts down, humanity is plunged into a pre-digital age.
- Society develops technology to erase specific memories. What would your protagonist choose to forget and why?
- The government controls the weather. One day, it starts to snow in July and doesn't stop.
- Your character wakes up one day and finds that everyone else has disappeared. How do they cope?
- As Earth's resources dwindle, one corporation holds a monopoly on oxygen.
- People are no longer born, they are engineered. Describe the plight of a 'flawed' individual.
- In a future where humans coexist with their clones, a murder has taken place. Who is the real culprit?
- As a punishment for rebellion, an entire city is forced to live underground. How do they survive?
- In a world where dreams can be broadcasted, your protagonist starts having prophetic nightmares.
- All books are banned except for one. Which one is it and why?
- Your character is the last survivor in a city controlled by artificial intelligence.
- To maintain order, citizens are not allowed to leave their assigned districts. Your protagonist receives an anonymous invitation to cross the borders.
- The government rations time. The rich get more hours in their day while the poor struggle to make ends meet.
- Your character wakes up in a world where every human being is completely identical. How do they react?
- A futuristic society is divided by the languages they speak. Your character is a universal translator.
- After a massive war, the survivors are left with selective amnesia. How does this impact society?
- A city is divided by a giant wall, with extreme poverty on one side and excess on the other. Your character finds a door.
- The population is forced to take a drug that suppresses individuality. Your protagonist develops immunity.
- Humans are only allowed to live in skyscrapers while the ground is reserved for animals.
- In a world where music is banned, a group of rebels form a secret orchestra.
- An epidemic of silence takes over the world. No one can speak, shout or sing.
- In a world where love is considered a disease, your protagonist falls in love for the first time.
- Your character discovers they are living in a simulation controlled by superior beings.
- People no longer age naturally. Age is bought and sold. Write about an old man saving up for his youth.
- In a world where humans and machines have blurred into one, your protagonist wants to remain fully human.
- The apocalypse is televised. Your protagonist is the cameraperson.
- Everyone is assigned a job at birth. Your protagonist hates theirs and decides to rebel.
- The government decides the length of each season. What happens when they extend winter indefinitely?
- A group of survivors find a fully functional city, but there's nobody around.
- Human emotions are sold as commodities. What happens when your protagonist can't afford to be happy?
- In a world without natural light, the rich live in eternal daylight while the poor are plunged into darkness.
- In a dystopian future, eating meat is illegal. What does the black market look like?
- In a world where water is more valuable than gold, your character uncovers a hidden oasis.
- The government mandates a new language. Your protagonist refuses to give up their mother tongue.
- A society where the concept of family doesn't exist. People are grouped by their skills and abilities.
- After a global catastrophe, the world is covered in dense fog. What's hidden within?
- Children are raised by the state. At 18, they choose whether to join society or live in solitude.
- Human consciousness can be uploaded to a digital cloud at death. Your character is afraid of heights.
- In a world where physical pain has been eradicated, your character starts to feel something strange.
- A disease wipes out all animals on Earth. Humans turn to genetic engineering to replace them.
- The world is divided into zones based on IQ. Your protagonist gets an unexpected test result.
- A city beneath the sea is humanity's last refuge. Your character is claustrophobic.
- Technology allows people to swap lives. Write about a poor man who swaps lives with a billionaire.
- The government chooses your spouse for you. Your protagonist is in love with someone else.
- Write about a society where sickness is considered a crime.
- In a world where all land is owned, your character discovers an uncharted island.
- Time travel tourism becomes possible, but only for the rich. Where would your character go if they could afford it?
- A dystopian society where it's mandatory to wear masks. One day, your protagonist sees someone without one.
- In a society where everyone's life span is predetermined, your protagonist is about to turn the age at which they're meant to die.
- Your protagonist lives in a world where each person's lifespan is visible as a countdown above their head.
- In a world where color is regulated, your character sees a color they're not supposed to.
- Society is divided by night owls and day walkers. There's no contact allowed between the two. Until now.
- In a dystopian future, the world is overrun by sentient plants. How do humans adapt?
- Write a story about a world where the sky changes color based on the predominant emotion of the people below.
- An oppressive regime bans all forms of art. A secret group of artists attempts to resist.
- People are divided by their blood type. What happens when your protagonist's blood type changes?
- In a world where everyone is permanently connected to the internet through their minds, your protagonist decides to go offline.
- People can communicate only through telepathy. Your protagonist starts hearing a voice no one else can.
- Humans are no longer born naturally, they are 3D printed. Write about a print error.
- In a world where aging is reversible, your protagonist wants to grow old naturally.
- An authoritarian regime controls the weather. One day, it starts raining and doesn't stop.
- In a world where stars have disappeared, a single star appears one night.
- The government issues a decree: all 'useless' knowledge is to be deleted from human minds.
- As part of a twisted game show, contestants are hunted for sport. Your character is selected.
- After a pandemic, touch becomes lethal. Explore how society evolves.
- A massive wall surrounds the city. Nobody remembers what lies beyond it.
- People are forced to live in floating cities. Your character suffers from vertigo.
- All memories are stored and can be replayed at will. Your character wants to forget.
- In a society where reading is obsolete, your character finds an old book.
- A dystopian society that is controlled by one massive corporation. How does the rebellion start?
- In a world where children are raised by machines, your protagonist is a faulty unit.
- Write a story about a society that values happiness above all else, even at the expense of truth.
- The government has decided to control population growth. Your protagonist is expecting twins.
- Write a story about a society where lies are impossible.
- In a world where the seas have dried up, your protagonist is a diver in the desert.
- A dystopian society where a person's worth is determined by their productivity.
- Your protagonist lives in a world where each person can only speak 1000 words per day.
- In a world with no natural death, your protagonist is an elderly person longing for rest.
- A society where humans are not allowed to make physical contact. How do they express love and friendship?
- People can 'upload' skills directly into their brains. Your character wants to learn the old way.
- Your protagonist wakes up to find that they are the only person in their city.
- In a world where humans live in virtual realities of their own design, your protagonist chooses to live in the real world.
- Humanity now lives underground. Your character dreams of the sky.
- In a world where every thought is audible, silence is the ultimate luxury.
- A society where sleep is seen as a luxury for the rich, leaving the poor in a state of permanent exhaustion.
- After the 'Great Dimming', humans have lost the ability to see color. One day, your protagonist sees a flash of red.