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29 Best Dark Short Story Ideas
Showing 29 short story ideas curated by Reedsy.
Your diary has started leaking blood. You have to find out what this means, but you have a time limit because the more blood that leaks from it, the weaker you seem to get.
You're on a sleepover with your best friend, when your best friend starts to act strangely.
A child was stolen, and a straw doll left in their place.
An evil king has seized control of the land. The world's only hope? An even eviller witch who has the powers to stop him.
"By the time I wake up in the morning, I want them dead."
Write a story that takes place entirely in the dark.
You wake up trapped in a strange castle with no memory of how you got there and there's something lurking in the shadows as you explore the halls.
Set your story at a graveyard overnight.
Write a story in which it becomes night forever. The sun has gone.
You know how when you see a bear, you should stay calm and make loud noises? For this… creature… you have to do the opposite. You have to run.
You went to sleep in a bed, but you woke up on the cold dark floor the forest.
Write a story with these words: "teddy bear," "black," "blood."
Write a story in the form of letters. Plot twist: it's revealed that the character who wrote them died from unnatural causes years ago.
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