Skip to content
PHANTOM SWAY

PHANTOM SWAY

  • Entertainment
  • Music
  • Original Fiction
  • Visual Arts
  • Television
  • Food and Drink
PHANTOM SWAY

PHANTOM SWAY

    • Entertainment
    • Music
    • Original Fiction
    • Visual Arts
    • Television
    • Food and Drink

    Category: Writing

    Fiction Friday 100-Word Challenge: An Old Window, Maybe?

    Fiction Friday 100-Word Challenge: An Old Window, Maybe?

      Fiction Friday
    • September 28, 2018
    Here's the prompt for this week. Are we looking at an old dining room or perhaps a hotel room? Who might have looked out this window once upon a time? Is someone or something lurking just around that...
    Posted in Fiction Friday, Original Fiction, Writing
    Watching My Childhood Walk Away in Handcuffs

    Watching My Childhood Walk Away in Handcuffs

      Commentary
    • September 26, 2018
      Yesterday I watched my childhood marched out of a courtroom in handcuffs. America's Dad is now a convicted rapist and I'm having all the feelings about it. There is no way to overestimate the...
    Posted in Commentary, Writing
    Fiction Friday 100-Word Challenge: A Hedgehog, Maybe?

    Fiction Friday 100-Word Challenge: A Hedgehog, Maybe?

      Fiction Friday
    • September 21, 2018
    Here's your prompt. What sort of story could you unearth from this gold mine of ideas? What? You don't think this is very much? Huh. I bet that hedgehog would disagree, IF IT'S REALLY A HEDGEHOG! You...
    Posted in Fiction Friday, Original Fiction, Writing
    Fiction Friday 100-Word Challenge: Some Firemen, Maybe?

    Fiction Friday 100-Word Challenge: Some Firemen, Maybe?

      Fiction Friday
    • September 14, 2018
    Here's your prompt. This week, for various reason, I thought we'd go with a pair of hot firefighters. Well, I assume they're hot because of all the steam or smoke around them. But maybe they're hot...
    Posted in Fiction Friday, Original Fiction, Writing
    Fiction Friday 100-Word Challenge: Excalibur, Maybe?

    Fiction Friday 100-Word Challenge: Excalibur, Maybe?

      Fiction Friday
    • September 7, 2018
    Here's the prompt! We pretty much served this one up to you on a platter, yes? Or...maybe we didn't? What else could this sword be, aside from the obvious? Or is that Excalibur story burning you up...
    Posted in Fiction Friday, Original Fiction, Writing
    The Write Now Podcast Presents: “Coffee Break with Sam Boush”

    The Write Now Podcast Presents: “Coffee Break with Sam Boush”

      Podcasts
    • September 5, 2018
    This week, Sarah sits down with writer and publisher Sam Boush for a frank and wide-ranging discussion about the perils and politics of publication. As Sarah says, writing is hard and perhaps no...
    Posted in Podcasts, Writing
    Fiction Friday 100-Word Challenge: A Lantern, Maybe?

    Fiction Friday 100-Word Challenge: A Lantern, Maybe?

      Fiction Friday
    • August 31, 2018
    Here is the prompt. What do you see? Is the story in the lamp or how the lamp got there? Was it abandoned or merely placed there for a moment? What of the dust swirling about it? Tell us your story...
    Posted in Fiction Friday, Original Fiction, Writing
    “Alive With Pleasure”  The Not Entirely Subliminal Advertising Campaign for Newport Cigarettes

    “Alive With Pleasure” The Not Entirely Subliminal Advertising Campaign for Newport Cigarettes

      Humor
    • August 30, 2018
    The word “liminal” is an actual, honest-to-goodness word that few people use. Oxforddictionaries.com defines it as “occupying a position at, or on both sides of, a boundary or threshold.” For...
    Posted in Humor, Lifestyle
    CBS Announces Reboot of “I Love Lucy”

    CBS Announces Reboot of “I Love Lucy”

      Entertainment
    • August 24, 2018
    Thursday afternoon, CBS announced plans to reboot the classic 1950s sitcom "I Love Lucy." "We're all very excited about bringing this beloved sitcom back," said Brad Blowhole, Vice President of...
    Posted in Entertainment, Humor, Television
    Fiction Friday 100-Word Challenge: A Telephone, Maybe?

    Fiction Friday 100-Word Challenge: A Telephone, Maybe?

      Fiction Friday
    • August 24, 2018
    Here is your prompt. Simple, eh? Looks like a telephone...but is it? Rather, is it a conventional telephone sitting there on the pavement? How did it get there? To what is it connected? To whom is it...
    Posted in Fiction Friday, Original Fiction, Writing

    Posts navigation

    Older posts
    Newer posts

    Follow Us

    • Facebook
    • X
    • YouTube
    • Instagram

    Pages

    • About Phantom Sway
    • Blog
    • Contact
    • Home
    • Phantom Sway Blog

    Soiree by Stacia

    Soiree Logo

    Recent Comments

    • Terrye Turpin on Fiction Friday 100-Word Challenge: A Winter Village, Maybe?
    • Cassandra Chambers on Fiction Friday 100-Word Challenge: A Winter Village, Maybe?
    • Krystina on Fiction Friday 100-Word Challenge: A Winter Village, Maybe?
    • Becca J. Lower on Fiction Friday 100-Word Challenge: An Elf, Maybe?
    • Terrye on Fiction Friday 100-Word Challenge: A Winterscape, Maybe?

    ©2022 Phantom Sway