6-minute Stories

By Randell Jones

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).... more

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June 03, 2020 "Little Rock" by Randell Jones
Randell Jones is an award-winning history writer about the pioneer and Revolutionary War eras. Since 2007, he has served as an invited member of the Road Scholars Speakers Bureau of the North Carolina Humanities Council. He created the Personal Story Publishing Project and the companion podcast, “6-minute Stories” to encourage writers. He lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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May 30, 2020 "Southern Lineage" by Grace Ellis
what was “proper” and what was “common”-- A North Carolina writer and playwright examines the stage on which generations of her family have played out their Southern penchant for rules and expectations.
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8min
May 27, 2020 "The Great Dumpling Divide" by Susan Griner
A Japanese-American writer from Seattle returns to her childhood community in Tennessee with her Chinese daughter to visit family. OMG!
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May 24, 2020 "On the Wings of Angels" by Randell Jones
On this Memorial Day weekend, this story recounts the tragedy of six civilians, the only casualties from enemy action against the American mainland during World War II, which ended 75 years ago this year.
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May 20, 2020 "Her Dusty Road to a Life of Service" by Phyliss Grady Adcock
trying to be "enough"
During the month of memorials and Mother's Day, this North Carolina writer reflects on the formidable challenges her mother faced as a child and the service she rendered throughout her life to others, especially children.
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May 17, 2020 "Why I Did Not Make It to the Funeral" by Scott Hooper
Confronted by a mental block for remembering details and admitting to being geographically challenged, a North Carolina writer explains his adventure in trying to pay his respects.
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7min
May 13, 2020 "Southern Tides" by Landis Wade
life and memories ebb and flow--North Carolina writer Landis Wade recounts a blending of five generations of experiences at Wrightsville Beach involving “the kitty,” the “Out-Landis,” a ne’re-do-well great-uncle, and a mantra of celebratory “hi-ho’s” passed from father to son.
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May 10, 2020 "Busy Hands Remembered" by Joe Brown
Mom’s “busy hands” did a fine work--
A North Carolina son finds a story he wrote while tending his mother's passing. Even without rhyme or meter to mark it, it is poetry all the same. Mother’s Day memories.
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May 06, 2020 "Great Aunt Dora" by Pam Brinegar
Fried Spam and Rust - Kentucky writer Pam Brinegar recalls her experiences even as a young child visiting with her great aunt, a woman both particular and peculiar perhaps and most especially memorable.
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8min
May 03, 2020 "Locked in the Hen House" (Davis) & "A Recipe for Frustration" (Holcomb-Pack)
Two short snippets by two different writers combine to help us deal with our sense of being trapped inside and dealing with our cabin fever. Writers Beth Bixby Davis and Judie Holcomb-Pack, both with stories included in “Bearing Up” and “Exploring,” share these short pieces for times such as these.
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