I call these "one word short stories". It's a great wrtiting exercise for when you feel out of practice. Here is your one word: STAIRCASE. Go anywhere with this, as long as it includes a staircase.

Dust

The groan of an old floorboard, footsteps growing louder and waining over and over. Streams of light illuminating an avalanche of dust. Containing prayer for something, anything, to come through. An old nail, a piece of scrap metal, it doesn't matter what anymore, a broken fork will do nicely. A shallow, quiet, movement to the old door. Nothing pulling back. Stairs creak with each step, the round knob turns. The time is now. Ready to climb?