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29 Best Dark Short Story Ideas
Showing 29 short story ideas curated by Reedsy.
You find a note in your locker: "Save yourself while you still can."
Set your story at a graveyard overnight.
Write a story in which it becomes night forever. The sun has gone.
I thought he seemed a perfectly normal human being, until he started speaking.
Write about a power hungry wizard summoning an eldritch creature from a blood-stained spellbook.
Write a story that takes place entirely in the dark.
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.
The monster from your nightmare is standing next to you when you wake up.
A child was stolen, and a straw doll left in their place.
The pumpkin flickered while you carved it… but there was no candle in it.
You start hearing sounds, but when you ask your friend about it, they look at you with a confused expression.
Write a dark story in which everything that someone Tweets comes true.
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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