Aliens, shifters, and monsters live among us. Perhaps they have since the dawn of time, or perhaps they’ve recently arrived from the stars or found themselves the owner of a shiny new fur coat during the last full moon. However long they’ve been around, and whatever their reason for being here, one thing’s for certain: when human and creature lives become entangled, shenanigans are bound to happen. Here are some fun prompts to inspire stories about the messy, sometimes hilarious, and always intriguing ways alien and creature lives can collide with our own.
- “So, my grandpa has this story he tells at family gatherings without fail … it goes like this … … so now he’s convinced aliens/monsters really do exist.”
“Well, about that … funny story…”
- “I thought you knew! I told you at the club on your birthday. I’ve been open about it ever since.”
“I thought you were joking!”
“For four months? All of these conversations and you thought it was a joke and went along with it for four months?!?!”
- “When you said not to worry, you just had a few legal troubles to sort out, I didn’t expect to end up in a cell on a starship two-thousand light years from Earth.”
- “All right, I’ve had enough. It’s time you show me what you do out there in the woods every month. No more secrets.”
- “Why is that person looking at me like I’m a piece of meat. Like, literally, a piece of meat.”
*coughs* “Oh, well, you know, they’re a…”
- “I’ve always been drawn to the stars.”
“Perhaps there’s a reason. There’s something I’ve been meaning to tell you, but you might want to sit down first.”
- “So… this is what you really look like in the morning? I…uh…think I can get used to it.”
- “Wait, the penalty for doing that is what where you come from?”
“It’s death, obviously!”
“But they hardly did anything wrong!”
“Uhhhhhhh.”
- “You are going to tell me right now why you stole my identity and…uh…my face.”
- “Local cryptids need love too, so I made a dating app for them.”
- “Wait, so humans can hide their extra eyelids too?“
“What do you mean, humans?!!?“
- “Ugh I hate when I have these dreams where my [alien/monster feature] won’t go away! Wait. This isn’t a dream!”
- *Growls* “I very carefully planted all those myths and legends to scare folks so they’d leave me alone.”
- “You’re under arrest for breaking interstellar code 327.25 section B subsection 12. You have the right to…”
- “That is the most ridiculous alien costume I’ve ever seen. Aliens don’t look anything like that!”
“How would you know?”
- “Why [name] what big ears you have…”
“You know, that joke is getting old.”
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There’s so much potential in confusion between people of different species. These are just some ideas – we hope you loved them!
Now, go forth and write some things!!
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Prompts by @owlishintergalactic, @alessariel, @unforth, and @ramblingandpie