Writing is one of the basic skills from the English language. Writing all the elements of language skills needs concentration in order to achieve a really good result. One of the ways to increase writing skills is to write English stories. Some kinds of short stories such as narrative, and story about their experiences or weekly journals Furthermore, writing short stories can discipline the writing that they create. This research used descriptive qualitative in order to investigate the student's perception about the benefits in the use of writing English short story and the difficulties in the use of writing English short story. The data were gained by interviewing three students at Private University. The result showed that there are five benefits in the use of writing English short story such as improving vocabulary, practicing grammar, developing creative thinking, can be an alternative to improve writing skill and improving spelling. Additionally, there are three difficulties in the use of writing English short story such as finishing the story, finding appropriate vocabulary, and difficult in grammar.