Currently having some difficulty coming up with a good title for a story I'm fleshing out. Any help?
It's set in a modern times, post/currently-apocalyptic Earth that is being overrun by alien parasites (aided by human terrorists). The main characters are a group of five outdoorsy, highly intelligent homeschooled siblings whose parents have gone missing in the chaos. The perspective character is a 15-year-old boy named Tony Fletcher, who has fled one of the targeted cities and accidentally gets caught in one of the booby traps surrounding their house (which they set up out of necessity). Together, the six of them must work together in order to find their parents and survive the alien apocalypse, armed only with modified Nerf guns and too much imagination for their own good.
Those parasites don't stand a chance.
Wait, they modified Nerf guns? To do what? Are they gonna Home Alone the parasites until they all give up? Because I would be SUPER on board with that idea.
Now that I think about it, it's kinda like Zombies Ate My Neighbors.
For the Nerf gun question: in the absence of real guns (which their family never kept in the house) they modified Nerf guns and other toys to be used as actual weapons- which honestly isn't that hard to do. (also, I lied a little- Nerf guns are not going to be their only method of protection. Like I said, they've got too much imagination for their own good.)
And yes, they are TOTALLY Home Alone-ing anyone or anything that could possibly be considered a threat. ;)
What's the tone you're trying to go for? Serious? Comedic? Judging by the description you gave, this sounds like a riotous romp through suburbia shooting aliens in the face, which lends itself well to titles in the same vein as Zombies Ate My Neighbors or Grabbed by the Ghoulies.
Little bit of both. It definitely starts out comedic, but as the story progresses, the reader begins to understand just how serious the situation is- I mean, it is the apocalypse.
But yeah. Definitely more comedic.
How about Darts, Death, and the Alien that Almost Ate My Face?
https://rollforfantasy.com/guides/book-titles.php
this guide is particularily helpful, idk if you actually decided on a title or not but I figured I'd share just in case
