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53 Best Funny Short Story Ideas
Showing 53 short story ideas curated by Reedsy.
Write a story that ends by coming full circle.
While looking through old photos you discover something that unequivocally settles an argument that ended a childhood friendship decades ago.
A group of villains go on a team-building retreat.
Your date finds an engagement ring inside a slice of cake they ordered for dessert. You weren't planning to propose.
You are a professional hoax-buster.
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.
A former party animal lives in a retirement home. They've decided it's time for one last bash.
You buy your son a teddy bear. Every night, the bear protects your son from the monsters in the dark.
You are a curmudgeonly old man whose name is Writer S. Block. You just spotted your next victim.
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 start what was supposed to just be a business front for a money laundering scheme, but your silly idea is making more money than you ever dreamed.
A friendly pranking rivalry between two colleagues in an office starts to get serious.
You just discovered England's biggest secret: every time they sing "God Save the Queen" it extends the queens life.
Emotional baggage must now be checked in at the airport.
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.
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