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Submitted by writers on Reedsy Prompts to our weekly writing contest. Looking for stories that high schoolers actually want to read? The high school short stories in this collection are real and relatable for any teen.

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Wishing Words

Submitted to Contest #273

Wishing Words                                                  ♫“Fairy tales can come true…”♫-           Jiminy CricketDear Diary,Hank says diaries are just for girls. Let’s hope he never finds out I’m doing this… or any of the guys. Mom says...

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The rooftop

Submitted to Contest #272

‘Wait!’ I scream, between coughs. I remember when I used to run up those stairs that fast, with as much ease as she does now. Those were the days!               What I fear has happened, she passed by the science labs and classrooms. She’s not going to stop until she reaches the top. I have to join her. 47 is no age for such barbary. I’m pretty sure I sprained my ancle a couple of floors ago. ‘Miranda, a little help…’ I ask, but my wife’s voice is far behind. I hear her p...

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The Predator

Submitted to Contest #272

I sigh, a thin cloud hovering in front of my face before it vanishes.I've watched Jordan fall over his feet so many times today it's starting to rub. The urge to protect grows a little thin in the light of all the blunders my little brother manages to make. But it's not easy to protect with only hands you can see and feel anyway. I sigh again, my spectral form hovering a few inches above the hallway's floor, bubblegum and dirt lurking in dark corners where the janitor doesn't bother with.Jordan has managed to get through the doors of Harvill...

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The Silent Bells

Submitted to Contest #272

Every town has its legends, but the one about the old bell tower in Greenwood High is the kind no one talked about—at least, not openly. Some called it superstition, others a ghost story. Still, each year during the holiday season, students whispered the same eerie tale. The bell tower had stood above the school since the 1800s, long before Greenwood High was even built. The bricks were old, weathered, and darkened by time. The bell itself hadn’t chimed in years, despite the fact that it remained perfectly intact. The reason? It was cursed, ...

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Water Pressure

Submitted to Contest #271

Sorcha stared into the sink. She needed a second before she faced herself. She took a steadying breath and tenderly massaged a gentle rice scrub into her poreless skin. When she reached for a face cloth, her eyes danced on his cast-off wedding band in a small dish. Her body tensed when she lifted her vitamin spray. The few drops left knelled a death rattle when she shook it. When would she ever be able to afford something like that again?She tip-toed downstairs, tied the laces of her feather-light sneakers and rubbed the worn sole solemnly. ...

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A Vampire's First Day

Submitted to Contest #272

'I don't think I've ever been so close to being in the sun like this.' Juliet thought, staring through the car window. With the safety of the tinted windows, she is protected from sunlight. Looking through the glass makes everything gray and dull, but Juliet can imagine the colors.The red, green, and yellow of the stoplights. The red on the roses that are displayed outside a flower store. The splash of colors that are shown on clothes displayed outside a boutique. The blue in the sky and the white in the clouds.'It would be nice to see it al...

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Football Tryouts

Submitted to Contest #271

Brand new saddle shoes and penny loafers clicked across the linoleum checkerboard floor tiles on the first day of the new school year, while the black and white students sat at segregated tables in equally patterned sections in the high school cafeteria.Vats of pale vegetables, alongside mashed potatoes and unnaturally colored meats steamed untouched, while the students pushed trays past them to collect the cookies, apples and cartons of milk. Acne-faced boys told fantastic lies to each other while the girls, in long skirts and cat eye glass...

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Two friend

Submitted to Contest #271

Two friend This is the story of two friends who meet by chance in 10th class. Both are located in different cities First carecter, soham Second carecter, abhay Soham, is a boy from a rich family living in City. And abhay was a living in poor family in rural areya beginning of the story Carecter soham ,soham 10th class results are out and Sohan has failed in 3 subjects.At home his parents are scolding him a lot.Because his parents had high expectations from himBut father sees her angry face and says no problem, you will pass ne...

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Dear Diary, My Dad...

Submitted to Contest #271

Sept. 7, 2023 Dear Diary, Today my dad told my mom and me that we are moving. I have spent 14 years in the same house, city, and neighborhood! Suddenly, my dad wants to spend more time with us as a family. Why? I understand he is getting older and wants a steadier job so he doesn’t have to travel anymore. But why couldn’t he wait four more years? I want to graduate with my friends, the family I choose to hang out with because he’s never around. It’s always about him and what he wants. He doesn’t care what I think. When we move I will be alon...

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The Other Half

Submitted to Contest #271

Sophie Winters had always been curious about the dusty corners of her old Victorian house. For years, her mother had spoken of the attic as though it held nothing more than the usual family relics, things left behind by relatives long gone. The house itself had been passed down through generations of women, and it was easy to believe secrets had been lost in its walls. But Sophie, at seventeen, had never felt the urge to explore them—until that quiet afternoon in San Francisco.Something about that day seemed different. It was unusually still...

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Baby its cold outside

Submitted to Contest #270

Baby its Cold Outside.You have six months until the high school reunion and you do not need to stress about it, yet. You mark the date on the Frank Lloyd Wright calendar, a gift from the realtor who wants you to sell your house because you are divorced, childless and you don’t need much space. But you know that you still have time to lose weight, find the love of your life, get engaged, and walk into the ballroom on his arm. You sign up, again, for an online dating site. In the seven years you’ve been divorced you have had three relatio...

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A PERFECT BOWL OF BIBIMBAP OR (K)SHIT(IJA’S) GUIDE TO HAPPINESS

Submitted to Contest #270

According to Kshitija's note, one can find comfort in the most unexpected places or experience the best taste of a bowl of bibimbap when they need to escape reality. Escaping reality is the best way to stay happy. The further you are away from the reality, the happier you become. Recipe Preparation time: 1 hour 45 minutes.Cooking time: 3 minutes, 32 seconds.Serves 1 in dire need of comfort. Ingredients1 Newly opened, crowded Korean restaurant with noisy people.1 corner table with seven friends loudly discussing maths (trigonometric equation)...

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Fluffy’s Remorse

Submitted to Contest #270

My name is Dirk. I don’t remember when I fell in love with Maribeth, but it was sometime during my senior year in high school. I was 17. We spent endless days together, driving aimlessly with the windows down in the old Buick, ballroom dancing, laughing at private jokes, going to the drive-in movies they still had back then, and sharing dreams as vast as the horizon.  Maribeth had a way of making the world brighter. Her laughter was infectious. She was a dancer, and her energy was boundless. The girl was beautiful in an effortless way, ...

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Fearless Love

Submitted to Contest #270

 My hands were shaking as I knocked on the door. I wasn’t sure if I was going to be getting an answer or worse yet if the door would be slammed shut in my face. The wind was rustling through the trees and rain was steadily coming down. It was a cold autumn night and honestly the warmth from the inside of the house would have seemed irresistibly inviting if it weren’t for the given circumstances.      I had made a mistake. I had met my girlfriend Gracie about six months ago and she was everything I had ever ...

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Recipe for Dissed Aster

Submitted to Contest #270

Recipe for handling a bully without retaliation. Guaranteed satisfaction. (Warning: ingredients and steps must be followed exactly, no substitutions.) ·    Prep time – 1 day·    Total time – 2 days·    Servings – 4 INGREDIENTS Herbs·    2 sprigs monkshood (for protection)·    1 stem (10 petals) dogtooth violet, may be dried (for dream magic)·    4 black alder leaves, 2 tablespoons of crushed bark (for spell)·&nbsp...

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