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47 Best Dramatic Short Story Ideas
Showing 47 short story ideas curated by Reedsy.
Two friends are meeting at a high school reunion. They have not seen each other in ten years.
A bittersweet farewell: bitter for one person, sweet for the other.
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're in an airport, watching people say goodbye before heading through security.
You find a well-kept, spotless leather bound book in the middle of a vast desert.
You are part of a huge team of accountants that manages the karma of people on earth.
There is a fountain that truly does grant wishes to those who throw coins in it.
The world's most important chess game is about to start.
You are an astronaut spending your last few hours on Earth before a journey into space.
You live in a future where music in any form is considered repugnant. You find an old music box.
A long-standing feud erupts during a funeral or wedding.
"Savor this sunset, folks. It might be the last one we ever see."
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're on an island in the middle of the ocean. One day you find a bottle washed up on the shore with a piece of paper in it.
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