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53 Best Funny Short Story Ideas
Showing 53 short story ideas curated by Reedsy.
Write a story that ends by jumping forward several years.
While transferring between international flights at an airport, you befriend a strange person while passing through security.
The Tooth Fairy finds something unexpected sitting beside the expected tooth under a child's pillow.
One day, the world wakes up to find the Easter Island heads facing the opposite direction.
After searching for your lost cat for months, it saunters into your house one day. It looks rather plump.
A group of seniors in university have been planning a graduation prank all year. Today's finally the day.
You could only watch in disbelief as the work-place prank you had planned turned to chaos.
While looking through old photos you discover something that unequivocally settles an argument that ended a childhood friendship decades ago.
A friendly pranking rivalry between two colleagues in an office starts to get serious.
Many action movies involve the hero jumping into a vehicle and demanding the driver to "follow that car!" Write from the perspective of the driver.
Write a story with an open ending.
It was the most epic senior prank your high school had ever seen.
You just discovered England's biggest secret: every time they sing "God Save the Queen" it extends the queens life.
It was just a regular day at the office. Then the power went out.
You have a writer's block breakthrough at the worst possible time.
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.
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