6-minute Stories

By Randell JonesSociety & Culture Personal Journals

6-minute Stories episodes

July 27, 2022 "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Foreword, 1927"
This is a bonus episode --a reprise from July 3, 2021
—another reason to celebrate the Fourth of July
Writers and readers alike will enjoy this bit of literary history shared in the publisher’s foreword of the 1927 re-issue of the 1866 original.
9 min
July 23, 2022 "Music Box Memories" by Barbara Houston
– the music plays on.
She was my rock, and my soft place to land.
8 min
July 20, 2022 "Double-barrel Memories" by Zeke Benjamin
– a great, great shot
A grandfather taught more than he knew.
7 min
July 16, 2022 "Who's That Lady" by Paula Teem Levi
– pieces of the puzzle.
Getting a better picture of someone never known
8 min
July 13, 2022 "Banya Lessons" by Joel R. Stegall
– some situations can just make you sweat.
Learning across the barriers of language and culture can run hot and cold.
8 min
July 09, 2022 "My Old Chevy" by Joe Brown
– puttering right along.
They don’t make them like that anymore.
8 min
July 06, 2022 “A Walk on the Moor with Emily” by Cherie Cox
– Wuthering Heights lay just beyond.
A moment and a memory make it safely home.
8 min
July 02, 2022 "Independence Day, 1968" by Jim Billman
bombs bursting in air
8 min
June 29, 2022 "An Angel's Smile" by Janet K. Baxter
– we are not here to play.
A long line of strong women shows the way.
9 min
June 25, 2022 "Initially Disappointed" by Suzanne Cottrell
– “my precious”
Cycling through the ring run-around
8 min

About 6-minute Stories

From the publisher's feed

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).