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53 Best Funny Short Story Ideas
Showing 53 short story ideas curated by Reedsy.
"I have to go!" she/he said suddenly, jumping up from the table during dinner.
A former party animal lives in a retirement home. They've decided it's time for one last bash.
Write a story that ends by coming full circle.
You're a food critic eating the best meal of your life. You're at McDonalds.
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.
While transferring between international flights at an airport, you befriend a strange person while passing through security.
You were mowing your lawn when someone walked by your yard and burst into tears.
The Tooth Fairy finds something unexpected sitting beside the expected tooth under a child's pillow.
It's Wednesday evening and you're off to the weekly meeting of your writer's block support group.
It was just a regular day at the office. Then the power went out.
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 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.
You are a curmudgeonly old man whose name is Writer S. Block. You just spotted your next victim.
You accidentally break something at a dinner party and go to ever-increasing lengths to cover it up.
After searching for your lost cat for months, it saunters into your house one day. It looks rather plump.
Write a story that ends by jumping forward several years.
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