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30 Best Middle School Short Story Ideas
Showing 30 short story ideas curated by Reedsy.
"Whatever you do, DO NOT touch this. Or else."
A character must overcome their fear of running to join the soccer team, where their longtime crush is.
A sleepover goes off the rails when a group of friends accidentally summons a being from another dimension.
Write a story about two best friends at their first school dance.
Write a story that's entirely set in the cafeteria.
Write a story about a group of friends who volunteer at a soup kitchen on the weekends.
Adapt your favorite fairy tale to take place in your home town.
You've been asked to watch the class pet over a long weekend. It gets loose on its first night at your house.
Overheard in P.E.: "It's not that I wanted to hit you in the head with the ball, it's that I thought you were a spider."
Write a story about a character learning a new sport.
Write a story about two characters competing to take the worst ever picture-day portrait.
Write a story about a world in which Mondays don't exist.
Write a story about a world in which spirit animals exist. What kind of animal is your spirit animal? Why?
A door in the locker room leads to a magical fantasy world.
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