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29 Best Dark Short Story Ideas
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Shaking, you take a step back from the sight in front of you. You'd never seen so much blood in your life.
Write a story that takes place entirely in the dark.
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.
Stuff has been mysteriously disappearing from your home for weeks, but you live alone.
Write a story about a ghost hunter who doesn't believe in ghosts -- until he gets stuck in a haunted mansion overnight.
Write about a power hungry wizard summoning an eldritch creature from a blood-stained spellbook.
A child was stolen, and a straw doll left in their place.
Only one swordsman emerges alive from a bloody battle. And without a single wound. How does he explain his survival?
Write a story with these words: "teddy bear," "black," "blood."
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.
Write a dark story in which everything that someone Tweets comes true.
You went to sleep in a bed, but you woke up on the cold dark floor the forest.
Set your story at a graveyard overnight.
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