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53 Best Funny Short Story Ideas
Showing 53 short story ideas curated by Reedsy.
You're a food critic eating the best meal of your life. You're at McDonalds.
Write a story that ends with a shocking plot twist.
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.
"BOO!" you yell, grabbing the shoulders of a person you think is your friend from behind. They turn around and it's a total stranger.
"I'd like to buy a plane ticket to your furthest destination today," you told the airline employee.
It was just a regular day at the office. Then the power went out.
You are a professional hoax-buster.
One day, the world wakes up to find the Easter Island heads facing the opposite direction.
You find your grandparent's old chessboard in the attic. Absentmindedly, you move a piece. The next day, an opposing piece has been moved.
You accidentally break something at a dinner party and go to ever-increasing lengths to cover it up.
Emotional baggage must now be checked in at the airport.
A group of villains go on a team-building retreat.
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.
Your date finds an engagement ring inside a slice of cake they ordered for dessert. You weren't planning to propose.
After searching for your lost cat for months, it saunters into your house one day. It looks rather plump.
It's March 31st, the busiest day of the year at the joke shop you own.
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