C. Courtney Joyner


C. Courtney Joyner is an American author, screenwriter, director, journalist and actor. He is the cousin of actress Allison Mackie.
WWW ccourtneyjoyner.com

Author

Among the books he has written are Shotgun, a western set in the 1880s, Six Guns and Sleigh Bells and Two Bit Kill. He is a regular columnist for True West Magazine and regularly contributes to The Round-Up, Western Writers of America's monthly magazine. He has twice been nominated for the Peacemaker award for Best Short Story. At one of the Western Writers of America conferences, chairman Paul Andrew Hutton and Johnny Boggs presented Joyner with an award for "Outstanding Service to Western Writers of America".
In March 2021, Joyner appeared on episode 8 of The Ghost of Hollywood radio show to discuss his work on the film Class of 1999.

Books

  • The Westerners: Interviews with Actors, Directors, Writers
  • Hell Comes to Hollywood: An Anthology of Short Horror Fiction Set in Tinseltown
  • The Peacemakers, Volume 3
  • The Peacemakers, Volume 4
  • Shotgun
  • Shotgun: The Bleeding Ground
  • Nemo Rising
  • These Violent Times: A Shotgun Western
  • ''My Favorite Horror Movie''

Short stories

  • "Bloodhound"
  • "Two-Bit Kill" – Nominated, Best Short Story of the Year 2010, Western Fictioneers
  • "Universal Killer"

Graphic novels and comics

  • "I Kill the Dead"
  • ''The Saga of Billy the Kid''

Filmography

As director

Trancers III Lurking Fear Tomb of Terror Bunker of Blood Chapter 5 – Psycho Sideshow: Demon Freaks
  • ''Bunker of Blood Chapter 6 – Zombie Lust: Night Flesh''

Audio commentary

As actor

As writer