6-minute Stories

By Randell JonesSociety & Culture Personal Journals

6-minute Stories episodes

November 09, 2022 "Flooded" by Tara Thompson
– I’m running out of time.
With life in the balance, I had never felt the world like this before.
9 min
November 05, 2022 "The Hounds of Antigua" by Wayne A. Barnes
– ferocious, vicious, feral dogs trained to attack.
Having suspicions and barking up the wrong tree were just parts of the investigation.
9 min
November 02, 2022 "A Soldier's Choice" by Lubrina Burton
– no soldier left behind.
If only I could move those clock hands back and change time.
8 min
October 29, 2022 "Our Wedding Plan" by Vicki Easterly
– till death do us part.
A special toast was proposed—not for health, but for joy.
8 min
October 26, 2022 "Grabbing for the American Dream" by Akira Odani
– Can I help you? I speak some English.
My father’s failure propelled me to seek my own destiny.
9 min
October 22, 2022 "The Tattoo" by Brooke Dupree
– the only one I could not cover up.
This was the reason for so much turmoil in my life, then poof—gone.
9 min
October 19, 2022 "At 5 and 95, Mother Was a Star" by Arlene Mandell
— Word spread, and everyone came to watch.
“I feel like a schoolgirl starting my life all over again.”
9 min
October 15, 2022 "Philadelphia to Wilson" by Ginny Foard
– I can’t miss the bus.
History’s divisions had no place here.
9 min
October 12, 2022 "They Don't Leave Us" by Lorraine Martin Bennett
– waiting for a breeze, a storm, a sudden gale.
Departed souls of those we cherish return to us in simple ways.
8 min
October 08, 2022 "Homeless in LA" by Jill Amber Chafin
– What now?
Family sticks together, and we take turns being the savior.
9 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).