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27 Best Fantasy Short Story Ideas
Showing 27 short story ideas curated by Reedsy.
You're stranded on a treasure island.
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.
It is the year 3000. The sun starts to flicker.
Money really does grow on trees and is heavily regulated by governments.
You work the night shift at a 24 hour laundromat. The job seems normal until someone crawls out of one of the washers and tells you that after dark, every machine leads to a different world.
You head into the forest with your trusty lantern that's been enchanted to burn forever. You're looking for something.
You find a treasure map.
Someone who has lived a thousand years takes up a job teaching high school history.
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.
You catch a falling star and put it in your pocket.
A writer becomes trapped inside their own book.
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