A Curse of Tropes and Thirsty Plots

A love letter to actual love stories...

The Unofficial GRRM Title Generator

To help all you romantasy writers out there, I have created the Unofficial GRRM Title Generator. All you do is take the line below and add two or three words. It’s like Mad Libs, but for book titles.

A [Noun] of [Vague Noun] and [Emotionally Evocative Noun].

Plug in three or four words and you have a title that promises you a sweeping fantasy epic, but turns out to be 300 pages of winged love interests, dragon shifters, and feral snarls from the narcissistic male main character and the bony girl with no hips that somehow attracts him.

In the spirit of snark, I’ve generated a series of titles for people who still like this kind of thing:

• A Brood of Snarls and Shirtless Men
  (He’s morally gray, she’s morally nonexistent.)

• A Court of Lust and Poor Life Choices

  (The fae are hot. That’s it. That’s the plot.)

• A Prophecy of Tropes and Insta-Love

  (Yes, she’s the one. No, we don’t know why.)

• A Kingdom of Sighs and Soft Moans

  (He growled. She gasped. Nothing else happened.)

• A Throne of Eyebrows and Bad Dialogue

  (Everyone’s brooding. No one’s thinking.)

• A Saga of Stares and Sexual Tension

  (They don’t talk. They just stare. For 200 pages.)

• A Battle of Nothing and Everything’s Fine

  (The stakes are high. The pacing is low.)

• A Curse of Breathy Whispers and Abs

  (This ancient evil can wait—we’ve got flirting to do.)

If you’re still into it, that’s fine. Drop your best title below.

But if you’re looking for something else—stories that make you feel something outside your pants—stick around.

I write for readers who crave emotional weight over drama, existential questions over tired tropes. If that sounds like you, welcome. If not, no hard feelings.

Either way, I’m glad you’re here.

—Stephen B. Anthony

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