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Build worlds. Tell stories.

For novelists, GMs, screenwriters & beyond

Build rich worlds, draft your stories and connect everything with advanced linking and easy references.

Practice your writing muscle

Creative writing practice can be exciting

Jump into 30+ writing exercises—playful, reflective, and style-focused. Build the habit that transforms okay writers into great ones.

Forge your own generators

Custom idea tables for any project

Build random generators from your own lists, combine results, publish pages, and keep your best idea engines close.

Build choice adventures

Branching stories on a visual canvas

Map scenes, connect choices, track resources, and publish interactive fiction people can actually play.

3000+ Idea Generators

Names, places, plots and more

Beat writer's block in seconds. Over 3000 free name and idea generators for characters, worlds, items and writing prompts.

All your ideas in one place

Roll from any Story Shack generator, pin favorites, and build your shortlist.

Search every Story Shack generator in one focused workspace, roll quick batches, pin favorites, and stack your best ideas.

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One of Us
Artificial Wife
Space Hunt
The Night Bus Doesn’t Stop Downtown
A Matter of Time
Truong
Skinwalking
The Finest Print Money can Buy
Mind Freak
Drive
The House of Gravity
The Game
Technical Support
Weight of an Echo
Seventy Years
Marooned in the Tarantula Nebula
Dear Susan
Lost My Signal
Fridge City
A Really Good Day
The New Guy
A Smidgen of Green
Because of Pictures
Countdown
Prophets
Hype
It Could Be Us
And Death Shall Have No Dominion
Slimeballs
On / Off
The Mopsos XIII
Scrap Suit
Born to Play
Serial Killer Sentenced
Nin’s Glory
One Below
Mitzi
Swingers
A Final Distress Call
Going Postal
Android Adoption Day
The Virus
Exploration and Love
Brothers
Fillet
Nobody Will Believe Anything Manny Says
The Morning After
Legionnaire
Shredder
Inversion
Our New Home
Audiocide
The Last Tequila Stinger
The Great Bandini
The Blinds
Prerogatives
Doppelganger
Those Eyes
The Creatives
Roboguard
Peaches
The Jester
The Stars are Juliet’s Eyes
The Relay
Ballast
Crackpot
Peacefully Coexist
Love Unto the Dog Star
The Boys
Going Up!
The Soul Mechanic
We Won’t Be Right Back
Vindication
Humanity
Dream Wheel
The Wrong Old Lady
Mercury
The Tourists Attraction
Testament
Indulging
Traveler
Harry and Clyde
Helios Fallen
Speedy Mart
Chuck the Canadian Corpse
Time to Learn
Pandora
Future Robots
Masquerade
Strobe
Getting It Right
Absolute Zero
The Servant
The Option
Lilac

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