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27 Best Fantasy Short Story Ideas
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In a quiet little coffee shop in a quiet little town, famous people from history stop by every so often for a drink.
On your commute to work, you expect to see the sun rise as usual. This time, two suns rise.
You're the world's best photographer. Your secret? You can freeze time.
The Earth does not rotate. One side always faces the sun and is in continual daylight. The other side is in eternal night. Cultures on both sides develop around this.
You find your grandparent's old chessboard in the attic. Absentmindedly, you move a piece. The next day, an opposing piece has been moved.
You are a Nobel Prize Winner, on your way to the awards ceremony. Suddenly, you are transported back in time.
The one place where the sun rises in the west and sets in the east.
Every week, you post an ad in the newspaper asking for a time traveller to contact you. One day you get a response, dated year 2200.
A magician, a troll, and a college student walk into a bar.
Every pirate claims to be the scourge of the seven seas, but none claim the eighth.
You canÍt believe what you just read on the scroll. You have to tell someone.
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