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47 Best Dramatic Short Story Ideas
Showing 47 short story ideas curated by Reedsy.
There is a fountain that truly does grant wishes to those who throw coins in it.
Something unusual is found in a winter coat pocket.
A long-standing feud erupts during a funeral or wedding.
"Today is the last day," you decide, staring up at the 67-story building that has owned your life for the last 10 years.
You wake up from a coma that no one expected you to recover from.
There's an urban legend about a taxi cab that doesn't take you where you want to go, but where you need to go. One night, you step into this cab.
"The grass is always greener on the other side." You were prepared to find out.
Someone you believed to be dead "comes back."
You are an astronaut spending your last few hours on Earth before a journey into space.
By the time this party is finished, three people's lives will be changed forever.
You're kneeling in the dirt, working on your garden when your attention is drawn up by a person saying, "Excuse me, I don't mean to interrupt, but..."
As you ride your motorcycle off into the sunset, you see something unexpected on the horizon.
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.
A plane that's been missing for years suddenly lands at a major airport.
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.
"See you later!" you called, not realizing it wasn't true.
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