Courtney Harris
Bio
Mum, writer, artist, teacher. Thirties, hurties and surviving. Quirky lady. I don't have a niche, I love writing thrillers, romance, articles about mental health, poetry, whatever takes my fancy!
Stories (55)
Filter by community
The Pond Witch's Potion
Tales Retold: The Little Mermaid We begin with a warning: not all fairy tales have happy endings. Some are sad. Some are horrifying. Some are the very epitome of your worst nightmare, the one that leaves you trembling hours after you wake. This tale is no different. So if you came here looking for a delightful story about love triumphing over evil, I’m sorry to say you are lost.
By Courtney Harris4 years ago in Fiction
Saving Amelia
If I’d had any water left in my body, the heat would have left me a hot, sticky mess. But it felt like a lifetime since I’d emptied my canteen, so long since I’d quenched my thirst that there was no water left in my body. I thought about taking a sip from Amelia’s bottle; I’d been sure to fill hers to the top. I resisted though. I couldn’t risk anything else happening to her.
By Courtney Harris5 years ago in Fiction
The Face. Top Story - March 2021.
When I walk through my front door at 9:42pm, I don’t stop to take my coat off. I don’t put my keys in the bowl or throw my bag on the floor. I don’t even shout a hello to Dylan. I go straight to the bathroom, turn on the shower, crank up the temperature as high as I can bear it and jump in. I stand under the gushing water, grateful for the power behind it as it washes the horror that was this evening off my body. My skin is still crawling twenty minutes later.
By Courtney Harris5 years ago in Humans
Comfort Shows: An Amateur's Guide
I'll start this with a confession: I rarely watch new shows. As a sufferer of anxiety and depression, I rarely can or want to get stuck into something new, often using TV as background noise for writing, or scrolling through social media (confession #2: it's almost always the latter). As I type this, the TV is blaring out season 9 episode 20 of The Big Bang Theory. Have I watched this show umpteen times? Yes. Am I paying much attention to what's going on? No. Am I going to keep it on anyway? Hell yes.
By Courtney Harris5 years ago in Geeks
Perception
I was sitting at my usual table when she approached. A beautiful woman with flawless dark skin stood opposite me, her black braids pulled back off her face. She clutched a small notebook in her hands and her walnut-brown eyes were anxious. I eyed her quizzically as she perched on an empty chair.
By Courtney Harris5 years ago in Humans
