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53 Best Funny Short Story Ideas
Showing 53 short story ideas curated by Reedsy.
Emotional baggage must now be checked in at the airport.
You accidentally break something at a dinner party and go to ever-increasing lengths to cover it up.
Doctor Seuss has grown weary of writing children's books and finds new work as a reporter covering violent crime for a newspaper. Despite his new line of work, he keeps his classic Seussian style.
You open a door, but before you can go through, someone sneaks in front of you without saying "thank you." You've had an awful day and this is the last straw.
You are an expert spy for the British government, trained to perfection. Your only weakness is that your background music alerts enemies to your presence.
The old bus driver who drives you to work every day always tells you rambling stories about his friends, who all seem to have passed away. Eventually, you begin to suspect he is immortal.
You have wondered how to bring down Jane Lotsacash for years. Now, the key to her demise rests on your desk...
You're a food critic eating the best meal of your life. You're at McDonalds.
A former party animal lives in a retirement home. They've decided it's time for one last bash.
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You buy your son a teddy bear. Every night, the bear protects your son from the monsters in the dark.
You are a server at a restaurant, having the busiest shift of your life.
You could only watch in disbelief as the work-place prank you had planned turned to chaos.
"I have to go!" she/he said suddenly, jumping up from the table during dinner.
It's Wednesday evening and you're off to the weekly meeting of your writer's block support group.
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