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53 Best Funny Short Story Ideas
Showing 53 short story ideas curated by Reedsy.
From a dog's perspective, humans seem to be either immortal or at least live extremely long lives. Write from the perspective of a dog contemplating this.
Write a story with an open ending.
You're a bartender at a neighborhood pub. A regular comes in and says, "Do I have a story for you!"
You are a space kitty, traveling from planet to planet. You write a letter home and this is what it says.
You accidentally break something at a dinner party and go to ever-increasing lengths to cover it up.
It was the most epic senior prank your high school had ever seen.
You buy your son a teddy bear. Every night, the bear protects your son from the monsters in the dark.
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 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.
You are a student working on a team project. You and your group are accidentally locked in the school library overnight.
You were staring out the bus window idly when someone sat down and said, "What a DAY!"
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.
One day, the world wakes up to find the Easter Island heads facing the opposite direction.
It's a Thursday evening, and Greg Richerson is flashing his sports cars again.
A group of villains go on a team-building retreat.
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