In addition to books, here’s a list of Courtney’s published articles, essays, and short stories:

ANTHOLOGY CONTRIBUTIONS

The Feminine Macabre: A Woman’s Journal of All Things Strange and UnusualIncludes 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 HappinessIncludes 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 CountryIncludes 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 WorkIncludes 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.