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39 Best Fiction Short Story Ideas
Showing 39 short story ideas curated by Reedsy.
You're moments late to everything. You watch busses pull away as you run behind them, you miss the first 5 minutes of every movie, and you have never caught a green light. One day, you arrive on time.
Write a story where your character finds out a rumor is circulating about them.
A person wakes up in bed, drenched in salty ocean water.
This was the moment you'd been waiting for. Gleefully, you raised your camera to take a picture and then... the battery died.
You are granted one wish. But you have to use the wish for someone else.
Mars is the new wild west, complete with gunslingers.
It's your first day in a new city where you don't speak the language.
A trusting person turns into a skeptic.
You wake up the day after an epic party. You're not where you expected to be.
A logical person starts acting irrationally.
You were waiting at a crosswalk when someone you didn't recognize started waving from across the street.
Write about the origin of the saying "April showers bring May flowers."
You come across an ATM that gives you the exact amount of money you need to survive for the day, how you spend it is your choice. Today you are given $10 million.
A forgotten object is found in an attic during spring cleaning.
A story that takes place in the Wild West, but the world is frigid, covered with snow and ice instead of sand.
The last person on earth celebrates their own birthday.
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