The title comes last. First, finish your short story, then your title will come from something you wrote in the story. If you honestly cannot find anything in your writing that makes a good title, you can choose a famous quotation or song lyric that has something to do with what happened in your story.
Berry's real name is Dave in the short story.
The Thing From Another World was based on the short story "Who Goes There?"
You don't have to make a title for your stories -- it helps you and the reader to know what story they're talking about, though. Plus, if the reader wants to recommend the story to somebody, it helps them find that story.
The Cat is the name of the story.
Focuses on the concrete.
Triplet
A story is underlined or in italics. A short story is in quotes.
Calixta is in the short story "The Storm", by Kate Chopin (1851-1904)
There is no such thing as a short story called Hamlet. There is a play by this name, but plays are not the same thing as short stories.
His name is not mentioned in the short story.
The sentence should be: "Helen answered, 'My favorite short story is Saki's The Necklace.'"
In Toy Story 3, his name is Lotso (short for Lots-O'Huggin-Bear).