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Welcome to our worlds of imagination!
In this ninth "Sweet, Funny, and Strange" anthology we explore everything from faraway galaxies to the vagaries of the human mind.
Our stories include ventures into the supernatural, meeting aliens and witches, experimenting in time travel, and encountering technology that is sometimes benign but at other time menacing. The blurre lines between human and machine, life and death, or illusion and reality have provided our authors more than sufficient inspiration to create myriad visions of science fiction and fantasy. Their stories will pique your curiosity, spark your sense of humor, perhaps horrigy you a bit, and occasionally bring delight.
In addition to tales from BWG's inventive minds, we are excited to bring you six prize-winning stories from our 2025 and 2026 Short Story Award competitions. W know these authors will become some of your favorites--just as they have for us.
Available October 16 in paperback ($17.95) and ebook ($3.99)
Until publication date, you may preorder your ebook for an early-bird discount!
To celebrate our 20th Anniversary, we now bring you some of your favorite stories through the years, from each of our award-winning Sweet, Funny, and Strange anthologies, in a single volume.
Available in paperback or ebook.
Congratulations to these BWG members on their new publications!
A coming-of-age, young-adult, action-adventure fantasy
by Peter J Barbour
ISBN: 978-1954675056
Now available in paperback and ebook
A paranormal thriller
by Dianna Sinovic
ISBN: 978-1957863399
Now available in paperback
With Our Bellies Full and the Fire Dying
Tales of Sinning and Redemption
by Debra H. Goldstein
ISBN: 978-1963479683
Now available in paperback and ebook
Speculative fiction
by Christopher D. Ochs
ISBN: 978-0998172637
Now available in paperback and ebook
Hooray! We won another 2025 Finalist Award for our 8th "Sweet, Funny, and Strange" anthology!
More Sweet, Funny, and Strange Holiday Tales
In this new addition to the “Sweet, Funny, and Strange” series of anthologies, the multi-award-winning Bethlehem Writers Group, LLC, returns to its roots. As denizens in and around Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, (also known as “Christmas City, USA”) we were happy to make our first anthology a collection of holiday tales. But one volume just wasn’t enough. Now, in the eighth anthology, we’re returning to the theme to bring you twenty-one new stories that span the holidays from Thanksgiving through New Year’s Eve.
We've once again been named a finalist for Best Anthology by the 2025 Next Generation Indie Book Awards!
WE'RE AGAIN A FINALIST FOR
WE'RE AGAIN A FINALIST FOR
2023 NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARD
2023 NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARD
and a
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2023 KILLER NASHVILLE SILVER FALCHION AWARD!
2023 KILLER NASHVILLE SILVER FALCHION AWARD!
The 7th in our series of Sweet, Funny, and Strange® Anthologies
An Element of Mystery: Sweet, Funny, and Strange Tales of Intrigue
An Element of Mystery: Sweet, Funny, and Strange Tales of Intrigue
Available in paperback (ISBN: 978-1-954675-00-1), or
Ebook on Amazon, Apple, B&N, Google Books (Play), and Kobo for only $0.99
Another award-winning "Sweet, Funny, and Strange"® Anthology!
Winner of two 2021 Next Generation Indie Book Awards
The multiple award-winning "Sweet, Funny, and Strange" series of anthologies from the Bethlehem Writers Group, continues with this collection of twenty-five tales about real, legendary, or imaginary animals. From snakes to ducks to unicorns, there are tales here to match any mood, provide a chuckle, or warm a heart.
Among our tales, Peter Barbour recounts a legend in “Why Bats Live in Caves,” Jerome W. McFadden asks the question of what animal to choose to be in “Recycled,” A. E. Decker shares an appreciation of cephalopods in “Tipping Point,” Ralph Hieb imagines an unconventional pet in “Buttons,” and Diane Sismour, in “Critter,” reveals that mules are not the only equines that can have a stubborn streak. In addition, we are happy to present the winning stories from the 2019 and 2020 Bethlehem Writers Roundtable Short Story Awards. Angela Albertson, our 2019 winner, shares her heartfelt “Oranges and Roses,” and our 2020 winner, Brett Wolff, gives us a good laugh in ”Hubbard Had a Fancy Bra.”
This eclectic assemblage of stories includes terrific tales from beloved BWG authors including Courtney Annicchiarico, Jeff Baird, Jodi Bogert, Marianne H. Donley, DT Krippene, Emily P. W. Murphy, Christopher D. Ochs, Dianna Sinovic, Kidd Wadsworth, Paul Weidknecht, Carol L. Wright, and Will Wright.
So cuddle up with your favorite pet—real or imaginary. No matter. You’ll find just the right story to share.
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