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    Grandpa's Courtship (A Short Story)
    Grandpa's Courtship (A Short Story)
    Grandpa's Courtship (A Short Story)
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    Grandpa's Courtship (A Short Story)

    By Katrina Parker Williams

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    Grandpa's Courtship (A Short Story)

    (A 1919-Word Short Story)

    A humorous tale of love...the second time around. Horace fails to invite his female suitor to the annual church picnic, and in doing so, suffers the wrath of the irritated woman who makes it clear to him in no uncertain terms that she is "fired up mad" about it.

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKatrina Parker Williams
    Release dateDec 9, 2011
    ISBN9781466166912
    Grandpa's Courtship (A Short Story)
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    Katrina Parker Williams

    Katrina Parker Williams teaches English composition and grammar at a community college. She is a Barton College graduate with a B.S. in Communications and a Masters of Education in English from East Carolina University. She is also the author of a fictional novel titled Liquor House Music. Williams classifies herself as storyteller of tales. Her works have appeared in Charlotte Viewpoint, Muscadine Lines, Usadeepsouth, and the Wilson Literary Review. Her writings have recently been published at The Saints’ Placenta, All Things Girl, Dead Mule School of Southern Literature, Pens on Fire, and Muscadine Lines. A short story was recently published in the Patchwork Path anthology.

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