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27 Best Fantasy Short Story Ideas
Showing 27 short story ideas curated by Reedsy.
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.
Someone who has lived a thousand years takes up a job teaching high school history.
Instead of trying to get a man on the moon, every nation raced to be the first at the very bottom of the ocean.
A writer becomes trapped inside their own book.
You're stranded on a treasure island.
A magician, a troll, and a college student walk into a bar.
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.
Two people share an oddly bittersweet moment as they stop to watch a beautiful sunset... at noon.
On your commute to work, you expect to see the sun rise as usual. This time, two suns rise.
A wand-maker goes to the forest ready to work, only to find a group of environmentalists camped out in front of their favorite hemlock tree.
The one place where the sun rises in the west and sets in the east.
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