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47 Best Dramatic Short Story Ideas
Showing 47 short story ideas curated by Reedsy.
As you ride your motorcycle off into the sunset, you see something unexpected on the horizon.
As the floor trembles and the walls shake, you know there is only one way to survive.
A plane that's been missing for years suddenly lands at a major airport.
There's someone standing on the corner of the street you live on. It's the fifth time they've been there this week.
You thought you were the last person left on Earth. Today you found out that might not be true.
By the time this party is finished, three people's lives will be changed forever.
While dozing by the fire in your winter cabin, you hear a knock at the door. Blizzard conditions have closed all surrounding roads, and the nearest neighbor is miles away.
You were sitting on a park bench, enjoying the sun, when a stranger sat next to you and started typing on an old fashioned typewriter.
You are home alone watching TV. A character dials a number on their phone. Your phone rings.
A bittersweet farewell: bitter for one person, sweet for the other.
Everyday, you sit at your window to watch a neighbor play a musical instrument. You can't hear the music, but you're transfixed by the musician's expression.
You enter a room where someone is having a phone call. They don't see you and you overhear a big secret that you clearly weren't meant to.
You wake up from a coma that no one expected you to recover from.
You hear music emanating from aisle 3 of your local grocery store. No one else hears it.
You wake up unable to say a word, but can all of a sudden write the most amazing music.
You've done the unthinkable in the 21st century: found undiscovered land.
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