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53 Best Funny Short Story Ideas
Showing 53 short story ideas curated by Reedsy.
One day, the world wakes up to find the Easter Island heads facing the opposite direction.
You are a space kitty, traveling from planet to planet. You write a letter home and this is what it says.
An office worker's favorite coffee mug has gone missing, and the obsessive search for the mug throughout the workplace turns into a dire and ridiculous odyssey.
Write a story that ends by coming full circle.
A former party animal lives in a retirement home. They've decided it's time for one last bash.
You have wondered how to bring down Jane Lotsacash for years. Now, the key to her demise rests on your desk...
You are a student working on a team project. You and your group are accidentally locked in the school library overnight.
"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.
You're a bartender at a neighborhood pub. A regular comes in and says, "Do I have a story for you!"
You buy your son a teddy bear. Every night, the bear protects your son from the monsters in the dark.
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.
The Tooth Fairy finds something unexpected sitting beside the expected tooth under a child's pillow.
While looking through old photos you discover something that unequivocally settles an argument that ended a childhood friendship decades ago.
It's March 31st, the busiest day of the year at the joke shop you own.
You have a writer's block breakthrough at the worst possible time.
It was just a regular day at the office. Then the power went out.
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