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November 2, 2025 / Courtney / Inspiration

the very worst

So. I am truly, without a doubt, the Very Worst Self-Marketer. Why? Because my latest book has been out for weeks and I haven’t said anything. Prolly ’cause depression & anxiety have been getting the best of me. I haven’t been tending to The Babadook as I should. (ICYMI, “Babadook” is the name of my …

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October 30, 2025 / Courtney / Language

on language, snobbery, and racism

This post is brought to you by Somebody Was Grammatically Wrong On The Internet. I’m gonna try to keep this short <– this is my caveat emptor concerning the fact that I am not going to cover all the bases in this little essay. Essaylet. Whatevs. Anyway, I’m warning you, Gentle Constant Reader, not to …

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October 30, 2025 / Courtney / Random

let’s get dark for a bit, shall we?

I wrote this back in mid-September. I don’t know why I didn’t publish it then. It might be a poem. I don’t know that either. ____________________________________________________________________ Had a convo with Josh last week that altered my opinion of the USA. And by altered, I mean worsened. So. If, like me, you grew up immersed in …

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September 14, 2025 / Courtney / Creativity

when did we see you

“When Did We See You”

When I speak of my chronic illnesses

or see others speaking of theirs

and then I hear or read certain responses

have you tried a liver cleanse
have you tried colloidal silver
have you tried meditation
have you tried a vegan diet
have you tried essential oils
have you tried yoga

it sounds just like certain people of my past

people in Christian circles
Christians
who were fundamentalist

saying

you just don’t have enough faith.

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April 20, 2025 / Courtney / Writing

finally, a new book announcement!; or: i am the worst businessperson

Recently, because of reasons, I have had occasion to give multiple people my business card (yes, I do actually have business cards! they are very old! but the info on them remains accurate! I think!). That being the case, and in view of the fact that this blog’s address is emblazoned (actually printed demurely) upon …

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April 20, 2025 / Courtney / Language

the Lack in my follow-up

So, when last you left Your Heroine, she’d posted a thing about a McGowan-Engley podcast episode entitled “Euphemism.” If you haven’t read that thing, you should probably go do that now. And maybe even listen to said podcast episode, too. In fact, your best bet at maintaining serenity and sanity is probably just to skip …

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April 14, 2025 / Courtney / Language

the Lack in the Left

I’ve been listening on occasion to the Why Theory podcast by Todd McGowan and Ryan Engley. I don’t always understand what they’re talking about — but at the very least, there’s never a dull moment with these two. This morning, I started the episode “Euphemism.” Full disclosure: I’ve only gotten about ten minutes in, because …

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March 13, 2025 / Church of the Contradiction

Protected: “i’m free! i’m free!” *immediately falls into hole*

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January 24, 2025 / Courtney / Random

Protected: on accepting grace

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November 6, 2024 / Courtney / Random

the obituary of innocence says do not comply

This was going to be a handwritten entry in my journal, but I think it will cause more beneficial ripples if I put it here. The blogging format will unavoidably alter what I say and how I say it, but that might not be a bad thing. Maybe I’ll know for sure 20 years from …

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Front cover of a novel. Title and author's name in white font with serifs, all CAPS. Title: The Priestess Murders. Author: Courtney Cantrell. The image depicts a gnarled tree reaching from the bottom left corner up the left side and across the top half of the image. The tree is silhouetted against a star-spangled, dark blue night sky. In the background (lower third of image) are leafy, densely growing trees dimly lit by what might be moonlight (light source not shown). In the center of the image is a honeybee viewed from above. The bee glows a pale gold and is surrounded by a nimbus if pale gold light. The bee also exudes rays of pale gold light reaching up and down and left and right. A gash is torn in the bee's thorax, and red blood trickles from the wound. Novel published October 2025.

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Courtney Cantrell: filthy chaos gremlin with vorpal unicorn morphing powers. She writes fantasy, sci-fi, and weird -- reads many, many books -- and questions ALL the things. Made of coffee, chocolate, and glitter glue.

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