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53 Best Funny Short Story Ideas
Showing 53 short story ideas curated by Reedsy.
Write a story that ends with a shocking plot twist.
It's Wednesday evening and you're off to the weekly meeting of your writer's block support group.
A group of villains go on a team-building retreat.
You wake up to the sound of a voice. Nervous, you look around the room until your eyes land on your pet. You swear you just heard it sleep-talking.
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 were staring out the bus window idly when someone sat down and said, "What a DAY!"
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 are a professional hoax-buster.
While looking through old photos you discover something that unequivocally settles an argument that ended a childhood friendship decades ago.
One day, the world wakes up to find the Easter Island heads facing the opposite direction.
Your date finds an engagement ring inside a slice of cake they ordered for dessert. You weren't planning to propose.
You are on a solo camping trip in the woods. After a deep night's sleep, you awake to the voice of someone saying, "Rise and shine!"
The Tooth Fairy finds something unexpected sitting beside the expected tooth under a child's pillow.
It's a Thursday evening, and Greg Richerson is flashing his sports cars again.
You have wondered how to bring down Jane Lotsacash for years. Now, the key to her demise rests on your desk...
You are a student working on a team project. You and your group are accidentally locked in the school library overnight.
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