In addition to books, here’s a list of Courtney’s published articles, essays, and short stories:
ANTHOLOGY CONTRIBUTIONS
You’ll also find the following on the Books page.
The Feminine Macabre: A Woman’s Journal of All Things Strange and Unusual – Includes Courtney’s story “How to Conjure the Spirit of Charles Dickens in the Haunted Mirror at the Omni Parker House.”
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Step Outside Your Comfort Zone: 101 Stories about Trying New Things, Overcoming Fears, and Broadening Your World – Includes Courtney’s story “Just Ask.”
Chicken Soup for the Soul: A Book of Christmas Miracles: 101 Stories of Holiday Hope and Happiness – Includes a reprint of Courtney’s story “A Side of Kindness, Please.”
Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Kind (of) America: 101 Stories about the True Spirit of Our Country – Includes Courtney’s Story “A Side of Kindness, Please.”
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Curvy & Confident: 101 Stories about Loving Yourself and Your Body – Includes Courtney’s stories “A Blessing, Not a Curse” and “Thunder Thighs and All.”
Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Very Good, Very Bad Cat: 101 Heartwarming Stories about Our Happy, Heroic & Hilarious Pets – Includes Courtney’s story “Kitty Bites.”
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Home Sweet Home: 101 Stories about Hearth, Happiness, and Hard Work – Includes Courtney’s story “The Bubble Bath.”
ARTICLES & ESSAYS
Horror Curated (Bloody Tea edition, February 2023): “2 Places for Bloody, Haunting Teas”
Horror Curated (Haunted Holidays edition, October 2023): “5 Spooky Locations with Christmas Names”
Horror Curated (Halloween edition, September 2023): “5 Spooky Places for Halloween”
Horror Addicts Guide to Life 2 (April 26, 2022): “Voodoo and My First Haunted Horse-Drawn Carriage Ghost Tour,” “7 Chilling Museums,” and “Haunted by the Voodoo Queen, Marie Laveau”
Haunted Magazine (Issue 30): “Beyond Horoscopes: Using Astrology to plan the best times for research, investigation and evidence analysis”
Woman’s World (March 10, 2014): “His kindness warmed my heart!” in Circle of Kindness section
LiveDoGrow (August 30, 2013): “Why Do You Travel: Confronting Cancer”
ProBlogger (April 18, 2012): “The Secret Stats Your Follower Numbers Hide”
TAPS Paramagazine (March/April 2011): Green Grinning Ghosts: Where to Scare Up Spirits on St. Patrick’s Day
Associated Content (November 8, 2008): “Get Pampered: Malls Aren’t Just for Shopping Anymore”
Funds for Writers (March 2008): “A DIY Writer’s Retreat”
Funds for Writers (February 4, 2007): “A Blogger’s Perspective: Pros and Cons of Blogging for a Network”
Funds for Writers (January 27, 2007): “Blogging for Bucks”
DOLL Magazine (August 2006): “Kute Kewpie Smiles”
Writers Journal (May/June Issue 2006): “A Landmark Christmas”
Romantic True Love Stories (April 2006): “Looks Like We Made It: Confessions of a High School Sweetheart”
True Crimes and Beyond (January 2006): “True Identity: 40 Years of Speculation About Who Killed Valerie Percy”
CreatureScape (Issue #6, 2005): “Werewolves Amongst Us”
Folio Weekly (July 26, 2005): “Homeless in Mandarin”
Web Mystery Magazine (Fall 2004): “Defrosting a Cold Case: How Author Dominick Dunne Helped Catch a Killer”
The Florida Palm (Fall 2003): “The Little (e)Book That Could”
The Florida Palm (Summer 2003): “Read a Good eBook Lately?”
The Florida Palm (Spring 2003): “Publishing an E-Book”
The Florida Palm (November/December 2002): “GetItPublished.com: Webzines Want Your Short Stories”
SHORT STORIES
“Aunt Charlotte” – A Woman’s Touch anthology (2011)
“Night of the Villistas” – Writers’ Journal (July/August 2010 issue)
The Ghost of Laurie Floyd – Quarter-finalist in Amazon’s Breakthrough Novel Contest 2010
“Aunt Charlotte” – Sniplits
“My Nightmare” – Flashes in the Dark (July 3, 2009)
“The Boy Next Door” – Writers’ Journal (Nov/Dec 2008 issue)
“Guise” – Flashshot (January 11, 2008)
“Casting On, Binding Off” – Amazon Short (December 20, 2007)
“The Stakeout” – Flashshot (November 27, 2007)
“Making Merry: Night of the Living Christmas Decorations” – Amazon Short (November 14, 2007)
“The Abductee” – Coffee Cramp eZine (Oct 2007)
“Stiff Competition” + recipes – included in Dastardly Dishes (Oct 2007), SinC Mid TN’s cookbook
“That Time of Day” – Writers’ Journal (Sep/Oct 2007)
“Cause Celebre” – Mysterical-e (Summer 2007)
“The Clockmaker” – Amazon Short (May 18, 2007)
“Heaven and Hell” – Flashshot (March 25, 2007)
“Cassandra” – Flashshot (March 2, 2007)
“Fate’s Way” -Writers’ Journal (Nov/Dec 2006)
“The Case of Horus, The Golden Falcon” – Mysterical-e (Fall 2006)
“How to Kill an Alien” – Flashshot (June 13, 2006)
“The American Idol” – Flashshot (May 21, 2006)
“The White Spider” – Dragons, Knights and Angels (April 24, 2006) **Reviewed on Tangent Online**
“Before My Eyes” – Flashshot (April 22, 2006)
“Friends With Benefits” – Flashshot (Monday, January 16, 2006 edition)
“The Hammerhead” – Twisted Shift (January 2006)
“The Spy Who Loved Me and How He Did It: Exposed” – Flashshot (Thursday, December 22, 2005 edition)
“A Hairy Situation” – Flashshot (Wednesday, November 2, 2005 edition)
“Vehicular Homicide” – Flashshot (Wednesday, July 20, 2005 edition)
“Stiff Competition” – Orchard Press Mysteries (February 2005)
“The Case of the Mysterious Cigarette Butts” – Orchard Press Mysteries (February 2004)
“Getting Rid of the Competition” – The Murder Hole (June 2003)
“The Danger of Eavesdropping” – Without A Clue (April 2003)
“Skin Ish Ca” – Orchard Press Mysteries (February 2003)
“Banasack the Super Pole vs. The Alamogordo UFO” – A Jealous Mistress (February 2003)
“The Gardner, the Pool Man, the Housekeeper, and the Sugar Daddy” – Without a Clue (September 2002)
“Dat’s How We Do Tings” – Mysterical-E (August 2002)
“The Calacas Killer” – Without a Clue (August 2002)
“A Snaky Deal” – MysteryNet.com (April 2001) – was featured in the The Westing Game, a mysteries and problem solving class at Brigham Young University.