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27 Best Fantasy Short Story Ideas
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You head into the forest with your trusty lantern that's been enchanted to burn forever. You're looking for something.
You're stranded on a treasure island.
A legendary dragon is on its way to capture a princess. Plot twist: the princess kidnaps it, and temporarily locks it away in her tower to teach it a lesson.
Two people are playing chess. One person can read minds, the other person can see the future.
You canÍt believe what you just read on the scroll. You have to tell someone.
It is the year 3000. The sun starts to flicker.
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.
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.
Due to collision of powerful spells, two wizards are sealed into a tree during a fearsome battle. That tree is now your coffee table.
Write about a place the sky meets the sea.
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