: Where can I find a market for "offbeat" short stories about God's relationship with us? I have written some short stories that don't seem to fit into any category I can find. They feature

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Look in the collections of stories you have on your shelves. Usually in the back of the book is a list of places where the stories have been previously published. If you're reading the kinds of stories you write, then you now have a list of journals that publish stories like yours.

(It's irrelevant whether or not they're about god. And, by the way, "And God Said, 'Watch This'" is a great title.)

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Speculative stories about God, or gods, can show up in the realm of speculative fiction, science fiction, or fantasy. Consider the following examples:

Some of the stories in Wandering Stars, ed. Jack Dann
Larry Niven's version of the Inferno trilogy
Mark Twain's Letters from the Earth
Isaac Asimov's "The Last Question"
Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy

If you consider gods in general -- others from Earth's history or ones made up by their authors -- there are many, many more, ranging from the light-hearted (e.g. Terry Pratchett) to the more serious/ponderous (e.g. Jo Walton's The Just City), with lots in between.

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