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

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