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53 Best Funny Short Story Ideas
Showing 53 short story ideas curated by Reedsy.
One day, the world wakes up to find the Easter Island heads facing the opposite direction.
"I have to go!" she/he said suddenly, jumping up from the table during dinner.
It was the most epic senior prank your high school had ever seen.
Your new cell phone number used to be the number of a very popular personal therapist.
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.
An office worker's favorite coffee mug has gone missing, and the obsessive search for the mug throughout the workplace turns into a dire and ridiculous odyssey.
Write a story that ends by coming full circle.
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 a professional hoax-buster.
A former party animal lives in a retirement home. They've decided it's time for one last bash.
You are a student working on a team project. You and your group are accidentally locked in the school library overnight.
After searching for your lost cat for months, it saunters into your house one day. It looks rather plump.
You could only watch in disbelief as the work-place prank you had planned turned to chaos.
Your date finds an engagement ring inside a slice of cake they ordered for dessert. You weren't planning to propose.
You are a server at a restaurant, having the busiest shift of your life.
You are a curmudgeonly old man whose name is Writer S. Block. You just spotted your next victim.
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