6-minute Stories

By Randell JonesSociety & Culture Personal Journals

6-minute Stories episodes

December 10, 2022 "Dark Water" by Barbara Houston
– she grabbed me, pulled me under.
In the dreams I relived the terror; I would wake up screaming.
9 min
December 07, 2022 "Morgan: Our Escape Artist" by Janet K. Baxter
– don’t fence me in.
He knew all along just what kind of dog he was.
9 min
December 03, 2022 "The Thing About Life" by Alexandra Goodwin
– Two armed police officers escorted me out.
The saving grace of dreams pursued has me sitting under my mango tree.
9 min
November 30, 2022 "Should I Go or Should I Stay?" by Emily Rosen
– I decided to play “Russian Roulette.”
Actuarial tables tease me with statistics and my family lives far away.
9 min
November 25, 2022 "Thanksgiving 1864" by Randell Jones
Freedom is not free.
In gratitude to those who safeguard and pass on the blessings of liberty.
8 min
November 23, 2022 "A Tap at My Door" by Rebecca S. Holder
– Help me?
A single act of kindness can open a door to a new world for everyone involved.
8 min
November 19, 2022 "The Space Between" by David Inserra
– doors will open, and I will be set free.
Mother and son looking for answers and hope from inside Ward 6.
9 min
November 16, 2022 "All Things Considered" by Lois Elizabeth Hicks with Rudy Hicks
– Well, that wasn’t so bad, he thought.
He remembers but he does not dwell on the past.
9 min
November 11, 2022 "Lucky and Grateful" - reprise 2022
For Veterans' Day 2022, we offer this reprise of a story first shared in April 2020. My father turned 98 on Wednesday. This story is shared in honor and memory of all World War II veterans with gratitude to all veterans of all wars--protectors of America.
7 min
November 11, 2022 "My Neighbor Is a D-Day Hero" with Horace Barrett (reprise - 2022)
This story is offered this Veterans' Day, 2022. It is the experience that day of my next-door neighbor as he wrote it years later. He will be 99 on December 7. He learned recently that he had been awarded a fourth Purple Heart to accompany his Bronze Star. This story is offered in honor and memory of all World War II veterans. Thank you, veterans, all--protectors of America..
8 min

About 6-minute Stories

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True, personal stories from new voices and experienced writers resonating with the themes of the Personal Essay/Story Publishing Projects: "Bearing Up" (2018) and "Exploring" (2019).