Any ideas for a short story?

“The last man on Earth sat down to dinner…there was a knock at the door.”

start off with something amazing, like ahhh,! I yelled, as I almost crashed into a tree. make it a readers digest. write about whats happening in your social life.:]

hey, write what comes to mind. Think of anything… I mean anything. You get a good story flowing when you get a little input from other people. Ask someone for an idea, or a little add on to your idea. It’s not cheating by getting someone else to add an idea. I’m sure even the best of writers had to have a little help from their friends, right?

Well, I have to write a short story for english, and here is my idea. It’s the year 3015 and a girl is going out with an alien, but, the alien is a murderer. In the end, he kills her. What do you think?

I recall this fantasy, of having relationships met on a wide forum gathered in a mid-century castle, all dressed up for a masked dress bal, and having everyone try to recognize whom they had been in contact with …

Pick a subject that really interests you. Do a bit of research. Think of a comical situation and try and tie them together. Personal experiences work best. Think of something that’s happened to you and try and rewrite it but exaggerate everything immensely. Or base a story on a dream you had. That’s always bound to be interesting. Perhaps write a story about trying to write a story. A little cliche perhaps but can be good if you do it well.