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SCP-9455 - Red Monday

The SCP Foundation's 'top-secret' archives, declassified for your enjoyment.

Come check out my entry for SPORTSCON, another installment in Run the River Red, and a short 3K word article about some spooky vignettes relating to hunter and hunted!

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SCP-9000 Contest is Coming! Guess the Theme...

Based on the only hint, I (with the assistance of ChatGPT) listed some possible candidates.

Here I will put an intuitive bet on a dozen that I feel are most possible among them, top-down, just for fun (unless the contest marshals saw this list and change their mind, that doesn't count!):

Struggle

Society

Survival

Subversion

Stagnation

Solitude

Sacrifice

Salvation

Sorrow

Suppression

Silence

Secrecy

Suffering

Speed

Full conversation below the cut.

Me:

Please give me a list of common words, as long as possible, that all start with the letter "s" and can be a possible theme for a contest of writing SCPs (so that it is most likely to be a noun).

This is the only hint from the SCP-9000 contest marshals: they revealed that the theme starts with the letter s.

For more information, the former contest themes are:

SCP-1000: Folktales and/or Urban Legends (the longest theme and the oldest contest, the community later moved to shorter themes)

SCP-2000: Science Fiction (which are still two words, but can be considered as a single term. We cannot fully rule out the possibility that SCP-9000's theme will be multiple words)

SCP-3000: Horror

SCP-4000: History

SCP-5000: Mystery

SCP-6000: Nature

SCP-7000: Luck

SCP-8000: Fantasy (which is the most recent one, and has got critiques saying fantasy is too broad.)

ChatGPT:

Here is a long list of single English nouns that start with the letter “S” and are potentially usable as themes for an SCP contest, in line with previous themes (abstract, evocative, but interpretable in multiple narrative ways). They are organized into conceptual categories to reflect likely thematic choices.

Abstract Concepts / Narrative Tropes

Survival

Sacrifice

Secrecy

Silence

Solitude

Sanity

Suffering

Salvation

Suspicion

Subversion

Stagnation

Separation

Shadows

Sorrow

Symbolism

Sensation

Sentience

Sleep

Stillness

Strangeness

Serendipity

Subjugation

Sovereignty

Suppression

Slumber

Sabotage

Genres / Story Classifications

Superstition

Satire

Saga

Suspense

Speculation (as in Speculative Fiction)

Slasher

Superhero

Spycraft

Simulation

Cultural / Philosophical Ideas

Spirituality

Society

Sovereignty

Structure

Sin

Syncretism

Subjectivity

Sacredness

Sophistry

Sectarianism

Science / Technology Themes

Science

Space

Singularity

Systems

Simulation

Signal

Software

Synthetics

Synergy

Sensors

Surveillance

Symmetry

Synthesis

Silicon

Sequences

Natural / Environmental Ideas

Storm

Sun

Sand

Sea

Seasons

Swamp

Snow

Soil

Stone

Sky

Symbiosis

Sound

Smoke

Species

Sap

Shells

Subterranea

Starlight

Conflict / Sociopolitical Terms

Struggle

Siege

Suppression

Schism

Sedition

Slavery

Sabotage

Separation

Surveillance

State

Subculture

System

Scandal

Secrecy

Myth / Religion / Occult

Spirit

Soul

Shrine

Sacrifice

Sorcery

Summoning

Saints

Serpents

Sigils

Scriptures

Sabbat

Shamanism

Sanctum

Spells

Psychology / Perception

Self

Sanity

Subconscious

Senses

Suffering

Sensation

Subjectivity

Suppression

Sleep

Synesthesia

Suggestion

Subliminal

Other Evocative Possibilities

Story

Structure

Specter

Secret

Shell

Scale

Screen

Shadow

Scar

Shape

Signal

Sequence

Stage

Shift

Score

Scratch

Slip

Stitch

Shatter

Shroud

Strain

This list can be extended indefinitely, but based on prior patterns (short, evocative themes), these are the strongest candidates. Particularly strong contenders for SCP-9000 include:

Silence – easily interpreted across horror, sci-fi, or anomalous metaphysics

Secrets / Secrecy – core to SCP tone

Singularity – tech and identity themes

Solitude – psychological and containment potential

Strangeness – almost synonymous with "anomaly"

Suppression – control, memory wipes, institutional power

Simulation – digital, artificial, metaphysical possibilities

Survival – a flexible narrative frame

Sacrifice – mythological, personal, or systemic

Would you like me to narrow this list down to the most plausible 5–10 candidates based on the SCP Foundation's tone and history?

Me:

Would you mind giving a longer list except for the provided ones above?

ChatGPT:

Absolutely. Here is a long, extended list of common English nouns starting with "S" that were not already included in the list above. These are filtered to:

Be reasonably common nouns (or used as nouns)

Be interpretable or thematic enough for SCP storytelling

Avoid proper nouns and overly technical jargon

Extended Noun List (Starting with “S”) — Not Previously Listed

Saboteur

Saddle

Safety

Sail

Saintliness

Sample

Sandstorm

Satellite

Satisfaction

Saturation

Scale

Scarcity

Scenario

Scheme

Scholar

Schooling

Scope

Scorekeeper

Scrutiny

Sculpture

Seaweed

Search

Seasonality

Seclusion

Segment

Selection

Selfhood

Semblance

Seminar

Sensibility

Sensitivity

Sentinel

Separation

Sequence

Servant

Service

Setback

Settlement

Severity

Shard

Shelter

Shield

Shiftwork

Showcase

Shriek

Shrubbery

Shutdown

Sickness

Sight

Signalman

Signature

Simulacrum

Simplicity

Sincerity

Singularity

Sinkhole

Sisterhood

Situation

Skepticism

Sketch

Skin

Skull

Slab

Slack

Slavery

Sleeper

Slice

Slide

Sling

Slipstream

Slot

Smog

Smokehouse

Snapshot

Snare

Snowfall

Snowflake

Sobriety

Socialization

Socket

Sodality

Softness

Software

Soil

Soldier

Solemnity

Solicitation

Solution

Solvency

Sonar

Songbird

Sonority

Sophistication

Sorcerer

Source

Sovereign

Spacecraft

Spacer

Spasm

Speaker

Specialization

Specimen

Spectacle

Spectator

Speed

Sphere

Spill

Spiral

Spiritism

Spite

Splendor

Spore

Sport

Spotlight

Springtime

Sprout

Spur

Square

Stability

Stack

Stagecraft

Stalemate

Stall

Stamp

Standard

Standing

Starship

Statement

Static

Station

Statistics

Status

Stay

Steam

Steel

Stench

Steppe

Steward

Stick

Stimulant

Sting

Stint

Stockpile

Storage

Stormfront

Storyboard

Strait

Strategy

Stream

Strength

Stressor

Stretch

Stricture

Stride

Strike

Strip

Structure

Struggle

Student

Study

Stumble

Submission

Substance

Substitute

Subtext

Subversion

Suffering

Suggestion

Summons

Sunbeam

Sunrise

Sunset

Sunshine

Superstition

Supervision

Supplement

Supply

Supporter

Suppression

Surface

Surgeon

Surprise

Surveillance

Survivor

Suspense

Sustenance

Symbol

Symmetry

Symphony

Synapse

Synchrony

Syndicate

Synergy

Synod

Syntax

Systematics

This list avoids thematic overlaps with the earlier provided ones while still aiming to offer meaningful and thematic material. Many of these words are less evocative on their own but could be plausible depending on how metaphorical or abstract the contest organizers intend the theme to be.

Want this filtered down by tone (e.g. horror-leaning, sci-fi-leaning, etc.)?

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THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE

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Be afraid. Be very afraid.

"Everyone knows that's a myth. You don't really use 10% of your brain. It uses 10% of your brain."

This is my entry for the SCP-3000 contest, and the second thing I've posted that has stayed on the site. It's probably not going to win, since several excellent entries are already rated over 200. But take a look anyway! I'm really excited about it.

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The SCP Foundation's 'top-secret' archives, declassified for your enjoyment.

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