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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.
You were reading a book quietly at a cafe when someone passed you a note.
Write a story where your character is acting differently on the outside than they feel on the inside.
This was the moment you'd been waiting for. Gleefully, you raised your camera to take a picture and then... the battery died.
You're a busker in Central Park on a spring day.
A forgotten object is found in an attic during spring cleaning.
You got on the wrong bus and ended up in a remote town where things seemed a little odd.
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