Richard Ault

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2020

Stories (3)

3 Stories

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“A Cup of Tea” by Richard Ault

Submitted to Contest #128

1925 words A Cup of Tea By Richard Ervin Ault  Jocelyn Urabana (Joss) was concerned when she went to the sun porch and detected tears in her wife’s eyes.  Lana Hartman was in her usual well-worn wicker easy chair, looking out over the Huron River in Ann Arbor. She slowly looked up. All Joss ...

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“The Landscaper Doesn't Care” by Richard Ault

Submitted to Contest #90

The Landscape Doesn’t Care Minnie was still recovering and short of breath from her bout with COVID-19 when she attended the first face-to-face meeting of the Innisfree Resident Council meeting since the disease had shut most activities down. Now that almost everyone on the campus of the retirement community was fully vaccinated, things were gradually ope...

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“Lady Liberty” by Richard Ault

Submitted to Contest #80

1217 words Lady Liberty The women crowded onto their chartered red barge, shadowing President Cleveland’s boat as closely as they could in New York harbor without overtly challenging the security boats around him.  Josephine Swenson, age 10, was almost crushed among the women’s bodies. Marrianne, her mother, did her best to protect her.  M...

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Author bio

After careers in education and consulting on culture change, Richard Ault now spends his time writing fiction and creative non-fiction. He moved from Torch Lake, Michigan, to Warminster, Pennsylvania last year to be near family when is wife of fifty years died.