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53 Best Funny Short Story Ideas
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You are a space kitty, traveling from planet to planet. You write a letter home and this is what it says.
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're a food critic eating the best meal of your life. You're at McDonalds.
A friendly pranking rivalry between two colleagues in an office starts to get serious.
While looking through old photos you discover something that unequivocally settles an argument that ended a childhood friendship decades ago.
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