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27 Best Fantasy Short Story Ideas
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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.
In a quiet little coffee shop in a quiet little town, famous people from history stop by every so often for a drink.
Two people are playing chess. One person can read minds, the other person can see the future.
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 catch a falling star and put it in your pocket.
You find your grandparent's old chessboard in the attic. Absentmindedly, you move a piece. The next day, an opposing piece has been moved.
Every pirate claims to be the scourge of the seven seas, but none claim the eighth.
Two people share an oddly bittersweet moment as they stop to watch a beautiful sunset... at noon.
You head into the forest with your trusty lantern that's been enchanted to burn forever. You're looking for something.
Write about a place the sky meets the sea.
A magician, a troll, and a college student walk into a bar.
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