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29 Best Dark Short Story Ideas
Showing 29 short story ideas curated by Reedsy.
Write a story that takes place entirely in the dark.
You went to sleep in a bed, but you woke up on the cold dark floor the forest.
Only one swordsman emerges alive from a bloody battle. And without a single wound. How does he explain his survival?
Write a story about a ghost hunter who doesn't believe in ghosts -- until he gets stuck in a haunted mansion overnight.
The pumpkin flickered while you carved it… but there was no candle in it.
A child was stolen, and a straw doll left in their place.
Write a story with these words: "teddy bear," "black," "blood."
You're on a sleepover with your best friend, when your best friend starts to act strangely.
"By the time I wake up in the morning, I want them dead."
Write a dark story in which everything that someone Tweets comes true.
Stuff has been mysteriously disappearing from your home for weeks, but you live alone.
Someone steps out of your television set… and you were watching a horror movie.
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.
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