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30 Best Halloween Short Story Ideas
Showing 30 short story ideas curated by Reedsy.
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.
Someone has been stealing from other kids' pools of candy on Halloween. This means war.
A ghoul, a ghost, and a mummy walk into a bar. What happens next?
Write a story about a good witch and a bad witch who try to outdo each other on Halloween.
Write a Halloween story based on your latest nightmare.
Write a story about two costume shops who try to outdo each other with bigger and crazier costumes each Halloween.
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 young couple getting into their first argument over what costume their pet should wear on Halloween.
Write a story about a family adopting a black cat, just in time for Halloween.
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 story about the local PETA branch starting a campaign supporting black cats on Halloween day.
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.
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.
You are the Grinch who hates Halloween, and your mission this year is to replace every single Ferroro Rocher with brussel sprouts.
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