{"product_id":"seasons-readings-more-sweet-funny-and-strange-holiday-tales-9781954675032","title":"Season's Readings: More Sweet, Funny, and Strange Holiday Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this new addition to the \"Sweet, Funny, and Strange\"(R) 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 our 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmwryn Murphy's sweet tale tells about a chosen family's \"Friendsgiving,\" crashed by a blood relative who might, or might \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enot, be happy with what he sees in \"As Simple as That.\" Jerome W. McFadden once again reveals his humorous side in his story about \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea would-be Santa who gets into trouble in \"Flue Shot.\" A. E. Decker shares an intricate Christmas fantasy about \"The Goblin King's \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMusic Box.\" And Paula Gail Benson gives a new twist to a traditional symbol for the New Year in \"Star of the Party.\" Beyond these holidays, Diane Sismour writes about Krampusnacht, Debra H. Goldstein about Pearl Harbor Day, and Peter J Barbour about Hanukkah. Other favorite BWG authors, including Jeff Baird, Ralph Hieb, D.T. Krippene, Christopher D. Ochs, Dianna Sinovic, Kidd Wadsworth, and Carol L. Wright, also share their holiday musings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition, this volume includes the 2023 and 2024 award-winning stories from the Bethlehem Writers Roundtable Short Story Awards. Sally Milliken, the 2023 first-place winner, presents \"The First Thanksgiving.\" From 2024, we have our top three winners with first-place winner Rhonda Zangwill's \"Oh! Christmas Tree,\" second-place winner Bettie Nebergall's \"Just Ask Santa,\" and third-place winner Mary Adler's \"Narragansett Nellie and the Transferware Platter.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe hope you enjoy these holiday gifts and that all our readers experience the very happiest of holiday seasons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bethlehem Writers Group, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50902778052882,"sku":"9781954675032","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_62ae777b-493c-4318-bfb5-ab5b9bc0b3e5.jpg?v=1738459934","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/seasons-readings-more-sweet-funny-and-strange-holiday-tales-9781954675032","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}