Since then he has had pieces published in all sorts of places ranging from traditional literary magazines to more off-the-wall or risqué markets.
A dedicated writing teacher, Castle has been a working musician, a standup comic, a stage hypnotist, a high school English teacher (for 11 years), and a magazine and comic book editor.
He is currently writer-in-residence for two high schools, and teaching "Researching and Writing Historical Fiction" and "Story In Graphic Form" and other classes at Columbia College Chicago.
It also includes interviews with some of horror's top stars, such as Stephen King.
Mort Castle's short story, Oval Portrait, was published in 3Elements Literary Review's fall issue no.