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39 Best Fiction Short Story Ideas
Showing 39 short story ideas curated by Reedsy.
You're at your computer feeling heavy writer's block. Suddenly words start appearing on the screen.
"Say cheese!" You push the camera button, hear the click, and... that's when all hell broke loose.
You got on the wrong bus and ended up in a remote town where things seemed a little odd.
The last person on earth celebrates their own birthday.
A logical person starts acting irrationally.
A trusting person turns into a skeptic.
Write a story where your character is acting differently on the outside than they feel on the inside.
Write a story where your character finds out a rumor is circulating about them.
You pass by a person sitting with their face to the sun, the most content smile you've ever seen on their face.
Write a story where your character gets close to obtaining their greatest desire.
You work at an airport and notice the same person waiting in "arrivals" every week. Each time, they leave alone. One day you muster the courage to ask who they are waiting for.
While spring cleaning, you come across something you had forgotten all about.
An anxious and unsure person becomes extremely decisive.
A pessimist becomes an optimist.
This was the moment you'd been waiting for. Gleefully, you raised your camera to take a picture and then... the battery died.
Write a story where your character faces a deep fear.
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