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Featured Story By Any Other Name Kilmeny MacMichael Irina’s roses should cascade over her garden wall. Only, while she was out, someone came and tore the flowers to pieces. When Irina reached to rescue what remai…

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By Any Other Name Kilmeny MacMichael Irina’s roses should cascade over her garden wall. Only, while she was out, someone came and tore the flowers to pieces. When Irina reached to rescue what remained, a hidden thorn pierced her finger. Still, she gathered a bouquet from the savaged…

Bethlehem Writers Roundtable The Magazine of Bethlehem Writers Group

Issue 81, Summer 2025 bwgwritersroundtable.com

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by Andrew Rucker Jones In an upscale Chinese restaurant—the kind with two stone lions flanking the entrance, dragons weaving up the columns, and a decorative fish tank bubbling insinuations of wealth—in the private function room before twenty pairs of eyes, the guests of honor…

In the Flickering by Neetu Walk me through your cave show me the petroglyphs the stories you have laboriously pecked on the walls with your hammer stone, carved in the light of a lantern where shadows cast gloom.

Walk me through
your cave

show me the petroglyphs
the stories
you have laboriously pecked on the walls
with your hammer stone,
carved in the light of a lantern
where shadows cast gloom.

First Loves… What books kicked off your love of reading? Welcome to my Quarter Day's post! If you're a fan of A Slice of Orange, I have to assume you love books and you love reading. How did your romance with books get started? This topic came up in a recent discussion in the Belles Brigade Facebook Group. My first book binge was the…

First Loves…

What books kicked off your love of reading? Welcome to my Quarter Day's post! If you're a fan of A Slice of Orange, I have to assume you love books and you love reading. How did your romance with books get started? This topic came up in a recent discussion in the Belles Brigade…

Congratulations, Pete!

BWG member Peter J Barbour’s FIFTEEN KEYS is an Amazon #1 hot new release. Congratulations Pete, we are thrilled for you.

Congratulations!

Congratulations!

Congratulations!

MIRROR, MIRROR: A WRITER’S REFLECTION BY VERONICA JORGE The painter stares at the canvas waiting for an image to appear. Patiently, he waits until a faint imprint of a landscape or a face emerges. He then grabs a brush and dabs it into the paint on his palette, making haste to reach the canvas with his brush to capture the image.

The painter stares at the canvas waiting for an image to appear. Patiently, he waits until a faint imprint of a landscape or a face emerges. He then grabs a brush and dabs it into the paint on his palette, making haste to reach the canvas with his brush to capture the image.

GREEN PROMISES: GIRLS WHO LOVED THE EARTH by JEANNINE ATKINS—A REVIEW BY VERONICA JORGE I can’t think of a better way to welcome Spring and celebrate Earth Day than with a new book, especially one about nature and the earth, and following after Women’s History Month.

I can’t think of a better way to welcome Spring and celebrate Earth Day than with a new book, especially one about nature and the earth, and following after Women’s History Month.

Traveler by Neetu I am but dust a grain of sand blowing whichever way the wind blows in the universe

I am but dust
a grain of sand
blowing whichever way
the wind blows
in the universe

Financial Fore-cast The accountant opened the folder and skimmed the stack of documents it contained. A W-2, 1099s, receipts, investment summaries, it was all there, Annie hoped. Matt always left it up to her to compile the papers needed before they sat down with Tom, their CPA. Her business was laden with supply orders, customer invoices, and back-end pay-outs. Matt worked in analytical statistics for a pharma company: salary, health insurance, 401(K), easy-peasy.

The accountant opened the folder and skimmed the stack of documents it contained. A W-2, 1099s, receipts, investment summaries, it was all there, Annie hoped.

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WHY DON’T YOU WRITE ABOUT IT? “Why don’t you write about it?” my therapist said. It sounded cliche. Trying to process what had just happened through writing felt like trying to bail out a sinking cruise ship with a thimble.

“Why don’t you write about it?” my therapist said.

It sounded cliche. Trying to process what had just happened through writing felt like trying to bail out a sinking cruise ship with a thimble.

The Shopping Gene by Marianne H. Donley I don’t have The Shopping Gene. I hate shopping. Honestly. I would rather iron wrinkled cotton pleated skirts. I would rather have a tooth pulled without drugs. All right. All…

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2025 Bethlehem Writers Roundtable Short Story Award BWG is seeking never-published stories of 2,500 words or fewer on the theme of Speculative Fiction. The contest deadline is April 30, 2025.

BWG is seeking never-published stories of 2,500 words or fewer on the theme of Speculative Fiction. The contest deadline is April 30, 2025.

To L.A. With Love When wildfires destroyed two beloved Los Angeles public libraries in January 2025, the romance community answered with heart.

It's cover reveal day!! To L.A. With Love is coming June 10, 2025! I can't wait for you to read Ellie Raynes' and Neill Yates' meet cute in this charity anthology raising money for the Los Angeles and Altadena Public Libraries .

Featured Story Dad Stories by Peter J Barbour As the Jeep made its way up Route 402 just above Marshall’s Creek on the way to our grandparents’ home in the Pocono Mountains, we’d pass Resica Falls, the Boy Scout …

As the Jeep made its way up Route 402 just above Marshall’s Creek on the way to our grandparents’ home in the Pocono. . .

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Distant Cousins

by Carol L. Wright When I got the email from an unknown “attorney,” addressed “Dear Samuel Giffords,” I didn’t give it a second thought. Next to Nigerian princes, a fake inheritance from a long-lost relative was among the most popular scams out there. But when I took another look,…

Plans Best Laid The conversations murmuring around her provided white noise for Erica as she sat at her laptop in the busy coffeeshop. One more chapter to finish. Then a scrap of an exchange broke through her deep concentration.

The conversations murmuring around her provided white noise for Erica as she sat at her laptop in the busy coffeeshop. One more chapter to finish. Then a scrap of an exchange broke through her deep concentration.

Neetu Malik: Featured Author Neetu Malik’s poetry is an expression of life’s rhythms and the beat of the human spirit. She draws upon diverse multicultural experiences and observations across three continents in which she has lived.

Neetu Malik’s poetry is an expression of life’s rhythms and the beat of the human spirit. She draws upon diverse multicultural experiences and observations across three continents in which she has lived.

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Glass by Neetu I tread softly in your world mindful of my footsteps

I tread softly in your world mindful of my footsteps

WITH OUR BELLIES FULL AND THE FIRE DYING: A REVIEW BY VERONICA JORGE Don’t be fooled by the title. This is not a book about morality or religion. Far from it. It’s all about….MURDER.

Don’t be fooled by the title. This is not a book about morality or religion. Far from it. It’s all about….MURDER.

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Spotlight on Lynette M. Burrows Lynette M. Burrows is an author, blogger, creativity advocate, writing coach, and Yorkie wrangler. She survived moving seventeen times between kindergarten and her high school graduation. Her stories weave her experiences into speculative fiction worlds that capture your attention, characters you root for, and action that keeps you turning pages.

Lynette M. Burrows is an author, blogger, creativity advocate, writing coach, and Yorkie wrangler. She survived moving seventeen times between kindergarten and her high school graduation.