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Below you will find the best short stories for high school across multiple genres: horror stories, mystery stories, humorous stories, classic stories, and more. Each story includes a link (READ IT) that will take you to a free copy you can read, copy, download or print.
Vespa got up. It was getting late. Granny got cranky if Vespa was late for dinner. Vespa ran northward along the river bank, hurrying to reach home. She was almost there, when she tripped. As she tried to get up at catch her breath, she noticed what had caught her foot. She backed away and screamed.
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- “Heartburn” by E. M. Lacey
- “Cookie Cutter Superhero” by Tansy Rayner Roberts
- “Seventh Day of The Seventh Moon” by Ken Liu
- “The Birds of Azalea Street” by Nova Ren Suma
- “Sleepstalk” by Courtney Summers
- “Nature” by Aprilynne Pike
- “Button, Button” by Richard Matheson
- “Alex in Afghanistan” by Anthony Horowitz
- “Severe Weather Warning” by Emily Wibberly and Austin Seigemund-Broka
- “The Last Leaf” by O. Henry
Nine-year-old Anala has broken her grandmother’s rules: don’t answer the door; don’t even look out the peephole. The popular girl, Summer, started talking to her, which led to her breaking the household rules and ending up in the back of a van. She doesn’t know why they want her. She’s not pretty like Summer. She has features she doesn’t like. “Hea...
Joey has a newfound celebrity status at school. She’s reminded of her first day when everyone was interested in her left arm. It’s her last day for at least six months. She’ll be going to live at Sky Tower with the team. Her friends speculate about who she’ll become and who she’ll be replacing. There’s a lot of uncertainty and excitement about Joey...
Yuan tells her younger sister, Se, a bedtime story. Se wants to hear about the Qixi Festival because it’s tonight. In the story a young woman and young man fall in love, get married and have two sons. The woman neglects her duties as a weaver of sunset clouds. The Emperor of Heaven separates the couple as a punishment. When the story ends, Yuan lea...
The police questioned three teenage girls about the murder. No one is connecting it to the birds. The girls had been wary of Leonard for some time. The adults just thought he was a nice guy. The girls saw a car pull into his driveway in the middle of the night. He had a female guest, which was unusual for him. This story can be read in the preview ...
The narrator goes to Jed Miller’s and stares up at his window. She’s supposed to stay away from him. Jed opens the front door and looks right at her. She’s curious how he’ll react to her. He walks down his front path to the street and goes right by her without any acknowledgement. He’s sleepwalking. She follows him. She thinks about their history a...
The narrator is getting a physical. She lives in New Horizon, the longest lasting community since the Great Collapse. Her hip measurement is going to lower her final score. She had her heart set on being a Nurture but her growth spurt at sixteen put her score in the range of a Nature. This changes her life path considerably. Nurtures, Natures and L...
A hand addressed package is left at the door of Arthur and Norma Lewis. Inside is a contraption with a button on it, and a note saying that Mr. Steward will call on them at 8 PM. He arrives at the appointed time and makes them a startling proposition. This is the first story in the preview of The Box: Uncanny Stories.
Alex Rider, a fourteen-year-old, is sitting at a fire with five men. They’re in Afghanistan at the Herat Mountains. They’re eating and resting after traveling by horseback from the border. The men—Afghan nomads—have been paid to take him to Falcon’s Edge. There’s a facility deep in the mountains that could be producing uranium, which will then be s...
Prosper, seventeen, is about to drive her sixteen-year-old sister, Patience, to the airport. Patience has landed a summer internship in New York. It’s time to go, but she’s upstairs with her boyfriend, who stopped in to say goodbye. Although a year younger, Patience always seems to be ahead of her sister. To make matters worse, a personal complicat...
An apartment building in Greenwich Village is popular with artists. One of the tenants, Joanna, gets pneumonia. The doctor doesn’t like her chances. She can see a vine from her deathbed window. She says she’s going to die when the vine loses its last leaf. This is the fourth story in the preview of 50 Greatest Short Stories.
Mar 25, 2019 · Short and Super Short Stories for Teens. Short and Super Short Stories for Teens is a medley of romance, science-fiction, humour, social issues, fantasy, suspense, and fun. It’s a diverse collection of stories to satisfy the many complex hues of teenage emotion.
- “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl. “‘I’ll fix some supper,’ she whispered. When she walked across the room, she couldn’t feel her feet touching the floor.
- “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell. “The world is made up of two classes—the hunters and the huntees.” Why I love it: This is one of those short stories for high school that engages all of my students.
- “The Landlady” by Roald Dahl. “‘I stuff all my little pets myself when they pass away. Will you have another cup of tea?’” Why I love it: This story is great for suspense, irony, and characterization.
- “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury. “I think the sun is a flower / That blooms for just one hour.” Why I love it: This story is heartbreaking and truth-telling.
Sep 16, 2023 · Here are some short stories that deal with themes and subject matter appropriate for high school students. Many of these stories can be read quite quickly, so they make for great discussion topics in class. These stories, and many others, are available online. 1. "The Story of an Hour" | Kate Chopin.
Short stories for teens, written by teens for teens, and by writers of all ages from around the world. We have a wide variety of short stories for teens in both fiction and non-fiction.
