At a Halloween festival, a distraught young woman is forced to confront her personal demons in a haunted corn maze.

My 34th short story, "Where Halloween Never Ends" has been published in Issue #216 of Black Cat Weekly magazine, which will go live on Sunday, October 19, 2025. 

Click here for more info on Black Cat Weekly.

I am happy to announce my short fiction, "Home is Where the Haunt Is" has been published in Celestial Echo Press' latest anthology, "Behind the Revolving Door." In my short speculative fiction, a ghost of a recently-departed ne'er-do-well is given the choice of which of two houses to haunt. This wonderful book is available at Barnes & Noble or Amazon

I am proud to announce that I have self-published my novel "Single Action Army".  This is my debut novel that is based on a sequence of events that took place a few years ago.  I am a firearms dealer here in the Lehigh Valley and one particular deal unraveled into the events described in the book. 

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SINGLE ACTION ARMY

By Mark J. Schlofer

A dusty Colt revolver. A war-scarred past. A legacy hiding in plain sight.

From the sun-bleached trails of the Old West to the storm-ravaged fields of Normandy, Single Action Army traces the remarkable journey of a few firearms-and the lives they touched across generations. What begins as a symbol of frontier grit becomes a silent witness to an ever-expanding world, family estrangement, and the quiet burdens carried by veterans long after the last shot is fired.

Blending lyrical storytelling with vivid historical detail, Mark J. Schlofer's debut is a haunting, character-driven novel that explores the objects we inherit, the memories they hold, and the histories we don't always speak aloud.

Ideal for readers drawn to intergenerational sagas, small-town Americana, and literary fiction with emotional resonance, Single Action Army will appeal to fans of history, firearms, and Western lore.

I am happy to announce that my memoir, Fox Tales, was released on July 31. Join me at Woodstock, the catacombs of Rome, the streets of Pamplona, and the jungles of Guatemala and share my misadventures that range from the hilarious to the scary. Take a step back to the Age of Aquarius and enjoy the Fox Tales sampler below in flipbook format. See you there! 

CLICK Here:     Fox Tales

My short story was published by CC&D, a online magazine. You can read it here - 

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I'd like to thank my critique group for their input.

My short story, Silence Is Golden' was published by The Academy of the Heart and Mind. It's posted at Silence Is Golden – Academy of the Heart And Mind

Celestial Echo Press will open for submissions May 1, and close June 1, for our next anthology, Behind the Revolving Door: an Anthology of Choices. Visit our website for submission guidelines and the link to the google form to submit.

Submission Guidelines - Celestial Echo Press

Joanne McLaughlin's Chasing Ashes, published by Celestial Echo Press, is now available in audiobook format! Narrator Linda Jones did a phenomenal job with characterization.

Check it out here: https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Studios-on-Brilliance-Chasing/dp/B0F6PGMB22/ref=sr_1_2?s=books

My short story, Breathing Exercise was published in the online magazine A Sufferers Digest #3. It can be found at A Sufferer's Digest - ISSUES.  

I'm excited to report that both of my entries in the 2025 PA Press Club Communications contest took first place!

CATEGORY 11A — Fiction for Adults —  Novels (More than 40,000 words)

1st place —  Phil Giunta, Allentown, for “By Your Side”

CATEGORY 15A — Short Stories —  Single Story

1st place —  Phil Giunta, Allentown, for “A Thorne in Time”

All 33 first-place winning entries in PA will be forwarded to the National Federation of Press Women Communications Contest for another round of competition against first-place winners in other state affiliates. Results will be announced in June. Last year, another of my novels ranked second place nationally. Fingers crossed for a repeat performance!