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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.
It is the year 3000. The sun starts to flicker.
You head into the forest with your trusty lantern that's been enchanted to burn forever. You're looking for something.
Two people are playing chess. One person can read minds, the other person can see the future.
Instead of trying to get a man on the moon, every nation raced to be the first at the very bottom of the ocean.
Write about a place the sky meets the sea.
The one place where the sun rises in the west and sets in the east.
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.
A writer becomes trapped inside their own book.
You are a Nobel Prize Winner, on your way to the awards ceremony. Suddenly, you are transported back in time.
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.
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