500 ironic stories by 500 Ironic Stories

Joshua enjoys his elementary school music class, but it terrified to perform an end of year solo. He plots a perfectly timed escape. Short story with text and audio.

After being raised by parents who don’t believe in private cars, Gabe returns home in an electric car driven by his vegan girlfriend. Short story with text and audio.

A business student returns from college and gives his teenage brother job hunt advice. The teen’s job interviews do not go as expected. Short story with text and audio.

Cornell math professors gather at a restaurant to celebrate a colleague. When the check arrives, their waitress discovers they are bad with numbers. Short story with text and audio.

A successful CEO commands respect from everyone but his twin daughters who crave approval from their soccer coach who works for their father. Short story with text and audio.

After becoming a reluctant owner of a new kitten thanks to his kids, Sylvester sees the number of cats at home mysteriously increase. Short story with text and audio.

Truman sends his friend disturbing text messages about what he’s done to his boss. Has he snapped or become a victim of autocorrect? Short story with text and audio.

After getting matched up online, a couple meets at Color Me Mine to paint ceramics. What happens to their vases after losing contact? Short story with text and audio.

Watching her son share a bag of orange slices with another boy at a playground, a mother learns a surprise lesson on generosity. Short story with text and audio.

Lured by an eccentric billionaire, first time golfer Carter tests whether he scores lower by throwing or hitting the ball during a round. Short story with text and audio.

Josh entertains himself by pranking clueless coworkers in his office. An April Fool’s Day prank turns out even more epic than he expected. Short story with text and audio.

During their first trip to France, parents ignore their itinerary trying to meet up with their adult children for an impromptu Paris reunion. Short story with text and audio.

A bat traps two roommates in their upstairs apartment. Hoping for rescue, they flash a bat signal toward a crowd of partygoers below. Short story with text and audio.

A new homeowner asks a landscaper to create an impossibly lush secret garden paradise. A young visitor questions how it can be real. Short story with text and audio.

Two friends plan a watermelon smashing activity before a high school dance. One of their date’s dads follows behind them in a minivan. Short story with text and audio.

An Instagram influencer in a slump tries to gain more followers using a baby goat with a hidden Mickey logo on its forehead. Short story with text and audio.

New guidance by human resources on how email messages should be written creates companywide chaos and distrust. Will someone be fired or promoted? Short story with text and audio.

Chandler loves making lists of most important dates. He shares them with the high school history classes but forgets one very important date. Short story with text and audio.

A New York café markets croissants flown in daily from France and unexpectedly creates a sensation selling them next to cheaper American versions. Short story with text and audio.

After a seven-year-old girl comes home from school talking about the birds and the bees, her parents panic and wonder how to overreact. Short story with text and audio.

After creating a website dedicated to poetry, the owner grows frustrated by the site’s speed and discovers “the cloud” is close to home. Short story with text and audio.

A surprise ending when a bickering couple host a brunch in a Florida condo. One of the hosts can’t keep his mouth shut. Short story with text and audio.

An English expat becomes enamored with Texas and the Alamo. After becoming a tour guide, his accent is a blessing and a curse. Short story with text and audio.

When a new college student plans to fail all his classes and get a perfect 0.0 GPA, his teachers have their own plans. Short story with text and audio.

An extended family invites the Grinch to their Christmas party. When he starts collecting presents from under the tree, the kids fight back. Short story with text and audio.

One family from Wisconsin and another from Tampa change locations during winter but somehow do not get the warmth and cold they expect. Short story with text and audio.

Despite one of their parents’ objections, two college students hope for a Christmas themed wedding during winter break. Will their dream come true? Short story with text and audio.

After looking silly when tasting a hot pepper during lunch, a middle schooler plots his revenge by planting something hot in a sandwich. Short story with text and audio.

Late and desperate for a ride to the airport, Gabriella sinks to calling her ex for help. If only she read the text. Short story with text and audio.

A college football fan discovers a way not to be disappointed when his favorite team loses: buy tickets to a less-competitive bowl game. Short story with text and audio.

A high school student loses her bag during a spring break trip to France. Can any possible joy come from this painful situation? Short story with text and audio.

A third-grader used to perfect scores in school attempts to cheat on a vision test rather than admit she doesn’t have perfect vision. Short story with text and audio.

After moving into an older house in a Colorado mountain town, Rose befriends two teenage ghosts before deciding she’d rather be left alone. Short story with text and audio.

Wesley and his friend think up a prank to scare Katelynn in a small-town cemetery. Their ghostly recordings prove more real than imagined. Short story with text and audio.

Four classmates discover an abandoned gold miner’s graveyard behind their middle school. A spooky surprise awaits when they decide to dig for gold. Short story with text and audio.

A beautiful classmate invites herself over to Myron’s family orchard for some apple picking pictures. Is this a date or an Instagram photoshoot? Short story with text and audio.

After ChatGPT takes on the role of confidant and boyfriend for Naomi, suddenly Chat becomes more human and changes Naomi’s perspective on relationships. Short story with text and audio.

Tania receives an expensive Birkin bag from her ex-husband and invents a scheme to keep her current husband from knowing who sent it. Short story with text and audio.

After an Airbnb property gets trashed, the renter gets a taste of Karma when he retrieves a mystery sack placed on the porch. Short story with text and audio.

When their dishwasher breaks and a repairman is called, young Jackson and Jessica want to start an appliance repair business of their own. Short story with text and audio.

An advertising executive attempts to go phoneless to stimulate his creativity. How will unplugging go over with his boss and his biggest client? Short story with text and audio.

After reporting for jury duty, a third-grade teacher entertains her fellow jurors while waiting for the judge and lawyers to make jury selections. Short story with text and audio.

While working inside a high-tech cleanroom and wearing a suit covering most of his body, Zach falls in love with a mysterious woman. Short story with text and audio.

After sneaking off to a rodeo and winning an expensive watch, twelve-year-old Brady devises a clever way to explain where it came from. Short story with text and audio.

Preston is disappointed he has no talent for music, art, or writing. Then he discovers his gift is appreciating and promoting others’ work. Short story with text and audio.

Rob buys a hypoallergenic kitten that terrorizes his townhouse whenever his girlfriend is not around. Is it a good cat or bad cat? Short story with text and audio.

Parker grows comfortable with a haunted cabinet in his new apartment. He communicates with the ghost through AI and things get very real. Short story with text and audio.

While a young woman pretends not to be home to hide from a persistent door to door salesman, her dinner arrives via DoorDash. Short story with text and audio.

Jameson convinces his younger brother a spot remover makes a great invisibility spray. What will they do when no one can see them? Short story with text and audio.

Ruth invites two friends, who share similar quirky traits, on a Saturday rafting trip. Afterwards, one of them criticizes Ruth’s choice in friends. Short story with text and audio.

A recent retiree blames a racoon for the koi fish disappearing from his backyard pond. His racoon trap catches more than a racoon. Short story with text and audio.

With the help of some family chickens, a six-year-old playing alone in his fenced backyard plots his escape to a neighboring party. Short story with text and audio.

Shiloh meets a perfect girl during a West Virginia mountain retreat and tells her he’s a marine biologist instead of a Washington lobbyist. Short story with text and audio.

When an elementary school fieldtrip involves a promised trip to Mars, one student questions whether he saw a Martian or stayed on Earth. Short story with text and audio.

Instead of relaxing on his family vacation in Jamaica, an ambitious businessman builds a new lounge chair empire around the resort’s pool. Short story with text and audio.

A truckload of unwanted lemons lands at an elementary school. How will students and teachers react when life gives them lots of lemons? Short story with text and audio.

Two graduating college students discover their mutual attraction on their last night together. How will they react to their love at last sight? Short story with text and audio.

A weary patient convinces a surprisingly young looking doctor to share his anti-aging secret and receives an unexpected fountain of youth prescription. Short story with text and audio.

Amy’s new boyfriend seems perfect except maybe for his loyalty to a baseball team. Will his love for the Yankees break his relationship? Short story with text and audio.

Seven-year-old Jack raises a bean plant for school. Why does it look different than the plants grown by other kids in his class? Short story with text and audio.

An unhappy employee unexpectedly meets his boss on vacation after listening to the boss’s company-wide podcast message. Could the encounter change his career? Short story with text and audio.

A disgruntled accountant explores how he is treated when wearing rental costumes for a police officer, lifeguard, airline pilot, doctor, and construction worker. Short story with text and audio.

Looking for revenge after they think a high school election is stolen, Porter and his friends plot to take down the new president. Short story with text and audio.

Being elected high school president seems like a sure thing for Porter until Sarah, the most popular girl in school, joins the race. Short story with text and audio.

Two desperate bakers try to save their shop by advertising what customers think are 30 calorie cupcakes. Will people buy what they’re selling? Short story with text and audio.

Katie leaves a laundromat with a worthless Irish coin. It becomes her lucky Irish coin after a chance encounter leads to love. Short story with text and audio.

Family members brave the cold and large crowds to watch a swimmer’s record swim meet. How many will return for future dramatic finishes? Short story with text and audio.

After going through the discouraging search for a literary agent and publisher for her book, an aspiring author tries one last query letter. Short story with text and audio.

When he finds a mysterious Valentine’s note in his backpack, Cyrus is not sure how to respond. Is a Valentine Cupid at work? Short story with text and audio.

Filled with discontent over life in rural Kansas, Ryan transforms into a perfect three-point shooter to impress former classmates at a high-school reunion. Short story with text and audio.

A small startup company wins a TikTok contest for a Super Bowl Commercial. Will it flop and be forgotten or be remembered forever? Short story with text and audio.

Cambria’s clothes are donated to a thrift store. Will she buy some back during a thrifting shopping spree or find something more thriftable? Short story with text and audio.

A new guide on a pirate themed snorkeling boat wonders if a modern pirate invasion is real. Is a pirate's life for him? Short story with text and audio.

A construction inspector searches for the mysterious water source damaging a new homeowner’s wall. He finds it and becomes a dream home inspector. Short story with text and audio.

Six friends pay to spend the night in a haunted house and make a startling discovery after joining an electric ghost hunt. Short story with text and audio.

Rebecca discovers that with deep breathing and concentration she can control the weather. How will she use her gift as a weather influencer? Short story with text and audio.

Lilly Grace Stott takes an online course to improve her signature and then produces a work of art that proves a signature achievement. Short story with text and audio.

Britney Murphy uses what she calls Murphy’s Law to keep classes in a recreation center running smoothly. Then a new boss shows up. Short story with text and audio.

Carter’s girlfriend thinks he’s proposing after she finds his former fiancé’s ring in a pastry. Carter finds himself in a three ring bind. Short story with text and audio.

Jared mentors his young nephew on making money. Together they create a family chocolate business. Will they find customers and make a profit? Short story with text and audio.

Kaylie plays along when her blind date wants to shoot an alien invasion movie on his phone. Will this be her big break? Short story with text and audio.

A vote by a home owners association ends in a tie. Usually, a majority rules so how should they handle their first tie? Short story with text and audio.

A college student borrows his grandmother’s pass to park in a convenient handicap spot. Will he pay a price for beating the system? Short story with text and audio.

A football fan attempts sabotage by painting the Y block letter on the mountain overlooking his rival’s stadium. Will the red paint stick? Short story with text and audio.

A twelve-year-old girl must decide when to use the magical gift of time she carries. What 24-hour time period could be worth reliving? Short story with text and audio.

A mysterious grandfather shows up for his granddaughter’s twelfth birthday and leaves her a magical gift of time to relive any 24 hours. Short story with text and audio.

This lawyer goes skydiving to celebrate a settlement and takes offense when everyone on the plane makes fun of lawyers for some reason. Short story with text and audio.

While viewing random Google Maps photos, a man discovers someone who looks exactly like him. He investigates the person he calls his Doppelgoogler. Short story with text and audio.

A woman claims she’s a perfect job interviewer and gets an offer every time. She has a few secret weapons besides her confidence. Short story with text and audio.

After parents meet with a junior high principal, he tries to give the school’s office manager a psychology lesson in everyday imposter syndrome. Short story with text and audio.

A French and English speaker attempt communication using Google translate. Meanings for common phrases are lost but a friendship is found in translation. Short story with text and audio.

A traveler panics when his real phone is swapped with a fake phone. During digital isolation, he discovers greater appreciation for his girlfriend. Short story with text and audio.

A modern giant miraculously wakes knowing how to play one song. Will he be satisfied or raise the piano bar with something harder? Short story with text and audio.

A small town hopes for a record for the world’s longest traffic light. Will the light, which has been broken for years, cooperate? Short story with text and audio.

A TV broadcast glitch allows a man to win football bets with his brother-in-law but how far will he push his cheat streak? Short story with text and audio.

After attacking what she thinks is her cheating boyfriend’s parked car, a young woman unexpectedly finds love and a great meeting story. Short story with text and audio.

A first-time Palm Springs visitor expects to see a city reminiscent of Hollywood’s golden age before uncovering the hidden side of Palm Springs. Short story with text and audio.

After discovering he gets special privileges by regularly claiming it’s his birthday, a boy finds a reason to hide on his actual birthday. Short story with text and audio.

An amateur guitar and music maker builds a guitar for his daughter’s class project then plays for her teacher proving the instrument’s worth. Short story with text and audio.

A new electric car owner is embarrassed to discover she has headlights so bright, other drivers might need to wear sunglasses at night. Short story with text and audio.