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39 Best Fiction Short Story Ideas
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You're sitting in a coffee shop watching someone type on their computer. They type the words, "It begins raining outside", and it instantly starts raining.
You got on the wrong bus and ended up in a remote town where things seemed a little odd.
For a week or so you've noticed a stray animal hanging around your home. One day you let it in.
You're at your computer feeling heavy writer's block. Suddenly words start appearing on the screen.
You're a busker in Central Park on a spring day.
A habitually fearful person turns brave.
One person's trash is another's treasure.
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