Katherine Williams

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2021

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“The Funfair” by Katherine Williams

Submitted to Contest #218

The drumbeat of the fair pulsed out—the jingle, jangle of the merry-go-round mixing with squeals of happy children. The humid air was heavy with heady aromas as it wafted in through the open car window. It all came back to her in a rush; fat burgers grilling, donuts sizzling, popcorn popping and almonds roasting. She remembered.  Summer leaned her head back against the headrest of the car seat, her white hair puffed like a cloud. She knew where she was; she was at the fair. Sniffing, she waited. Then there it was: the sweet smell ...

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“Something They Never Told Me” by Katherine Williams

Submitted to Contest #163

Something They’d Never Told Me There’d been an accident on the motorway, and I was even later than I thought I’d be.  Sunday lunch was sacrosanct and if we didn’t make it on time, boy did Mum give us a thrashing. A verbal beating, I mean, because Mum, a tiny wisp of a woman, couldn’t even kill a fly, unless she talked it to death. Now in her late fifties with hair that was starting to turn gray, she was still formidable. She’d always run a tight household fueled by strong words, but we all knew that her strictness belied a heart th...

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Author bio

I was born and grew up on the Wirral peninsula in Cheshire, England. I moved to the US in my late thirties. Now retired, I live in rural CT. My debut novel The Glovemaker's War was published In April this year.