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39 Best Fiction Short Story Ideas
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One person's trash is another's treasure.
Write about the origin of the saying "April showers bring May flowers."
A trusting person turns into a skeptic.
Pick a genre and then write about a long walk home after school.
A tree falls in the woods. You're around to hear it.
Write a story that takes place where poets and writers are the biggest celebrities.
Mars is the new wild west, complete with gunslingers.
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