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30 Best Halloween Short Story Ideas
Showing 30 short story ideas curated by Reedsy.
Write a story about an ongoing rivalry between a vampire and a werewolf for supremacy over Halloween.
You signed up for what you thought was a sweepstakes to win the latest Apple iPhone model, only to discover to your horror when you get to the fall festival that it's actually a competition to see who can eat the most apples in 30 minutes.
A group of kids get an invite to a costume party in the neighborhood… but when they arrive, the monsters aren't costumes. They're real.
Write a story about two costume shops who try to outdo each other with bigger and crazier costumes each Halloween.
You've been turned into a ghost! Now the fun part begins. Who do you pick to haunt, and why?
Write about a family with secrets that get stuck in a corn maze overnight. One by one, all of the secrets come out in the course of the night.
A group of high school students go on an educational field trip to a graveyard to learn about the history of the area. But when a storm starts up and they get trapped, they have to figure out how to survive the night.
You are the Grinch who hates Halloween, and your mission this year is to replace every single Ferroro Rocher with brussel sprouts.
A ghoul, a ghost, and a mummy walk into a bar. What happens next?
Write a story about a group of five friends who set out at night for trick or treating… and when they return, they're only four.
Write a story about a festive neighborhood battle between one family who loves Halloween and another family who loves Christmas.
Write a story about the all-out war among the PTA moms to snatch up the last Spider-Man costume in the costume shop.
A group of friends go pumpkin picking at a local farm and have a competition to see who can find the biggest pumpkin. Plot twist: the farm has a previous reputation for being haunted.
Write a Halloween story based on your latest nightmare.
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