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Phil Giunta

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Science Fiction, Paranormal, Mystery

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Phil Giunta’s novels include the paranormal mysteries Testing the Prisoner, By Your Side, and Like Mother, Like Daughters. His short stories appear in two dozen anthologies of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and more.

He is a multiple award-winning author and member of the Horror Writers Association, the National Federation of Press Women, and the Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group.

Phil is currently working on his fourth paranormal mystery novel while plotting his triumphant escape from the pressures of corporate America where he has been imprisoned for thirty years. Visit Phil’s website at www.philgiunta.com.

Find him on Facebook: @writerphilgiunta, Instagram: @phil_giunta71, and BlueSky: pgiunta.bsky.social
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	By Your Side: A Paranormal Mystery 4.11 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Testing the Prisoner: An Intense Paranormal Mystery 4.41 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Over the River and Through the Woods (Mindful Writers Retreat #2) by Kathleen Shoop (Goodreads Author), Abigail Drake (Goodreads Author), Janet McClintock (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Halloween Party '21 by Dianne Pearce (Goodreads Author), Bernie Brown, Kim DeCicco 4.29 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ReDeus: Divine Tales by Robert Greenberger (Goodreads Author) (editor), Aaron Rosenberg (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Phil Giunta (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Somewhere in the Middle of Eternity by Phil Giunta (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael Critzer (Goodreads Author), Daniel Patrick Corcoran 4.37 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elsewhere in the Middle of Eternity by Phil Giunta (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Daniel Patrick Corcoran, Michael Critzer (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Meanwhile in the Middle of Eternity 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dreams from the Edge of Reality: 27 Frightening, Funny, and Fantastic Tales 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cashmere Ghost and Graveyards at Night by Phil Giunta (Goodreads Author), Demi Stevens (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kathleen Shoop (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Short Story Awards from the PA Press Club

We had a beautiful afternoon for the Pennsylvania Press Club luncheon on 30 May at Gilligan’s Bar and Grill in Harrisburg, PA where I picked up two awards for my short stories.‌First Place: “Where Halloween Never Ends” (Black Cat Weekly Magazine Issue 216. Wildside Press, October 2025). This story will advance to compete at the national level in the National Federation of Press Women contest. Resu Read more of this blog post »

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Phil Giunta rated a book it was ok The Spy in the Elevator by Donald E. Westlake	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
In a post-apocalyptic Earth where everyone lives in high-rise apartments and no one ventures outside for fear of the radiation, a man is prevented from proposing to his girlfriend when the elevators in his building a shut down because a spy has been ...more
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Retief, a young ambassador from Earth, is part of a diplomatic entourage supporting senior Ambassador Spradley to negotiate with an alien race known as the Yill for ownership of the Sirenian System. The Yill show nothing but contempt and disrespect f ...more
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Phil Giunta rated a book liked it Retief: The Yillian Way by Keith Laumer	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Retief, a young ambassador from Earth, is part of a diplomatic entourage supporting senior Ambassador Spradley to negotiate with an alien race known as the Yill for ownership of the Sirenian System. The Yill show nothing but contempt and disrespect f ...more
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Phil Giunta rated a book it was ok The Infra-Medians by Sewell Peaslee Wright	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
After a scientist and his sister disappear into another dimension using a machine he developed, her fiancee soon follows and together, the trio faces a despondent, non-human civilization called the Infra-Medians whose preferred way of life is to suff ...more
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Phil Giunta rated a book really liked it Now We Are Three by Joe L. Hensley	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Moving tale about the after-effects of radiation on a community as told from the POV of one of the ostracized physicists as he tends to his wife dying of cancer along with his twelve-year-old twin boys who are deaf, blind, and mute.
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Phil Giunta rated a book liked it The Success Machine by Henry Slesar	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
In a corporation where the computers do all of the thinking and the employees are encouraged to simply act on information, the personnel management computer (Personnelovac) starts generating pink slips for a startling number of employees. The company ...more
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Phil Giunta rated a book liked it Jimsy and the Monsters by Walter J. Sheldon	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A movie producer who normally works in musicals is tasked with making a monster flick but none of the costumes or prop monsters are remotely frightening. To make matters worse, the producer is burdened with a smart-ass brat as the star of the film. T ...more
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Phil Giunta rated a book it was ok Cogito, Ergo Sum by John Foster West	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A short story that explores existence, sentience, and the search for connection in the vastness of space through two beings known as Marl and Pat.
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