6-minute Stories

Epizode

• "Lessons from Our Forefathers" by Randell Jones 01.07.2026 7min

  “Before Liberty”—again! Even through the misty lenses of history, they were not giants—neither are we.
• "Three Gee-Flying Free" by S.G. Benson 24.06.2026 7min

  – “I’m Gus. Climb in; I’ll give you a ride.” The gravitational force pushed the seat straps into my shoulders and my stomach leaped. I couldn’t breathe.
• "Town Hall Clock Tower" by Jeanne VanBuren 17.06.2026 8min

  – I was unwilling to pour out good beer. I received their conversation and stories and momentary camaraderie as an exchange for the communal feast.
• "A Hollow and Forgotten Place" by Mark K. Marshall 10.06.2026

   – I found the village of plundered houses strangely peaceful.The broken remains of a swinging bridge across the Gauley, I supposed, had once been someone’s way out. "A Hollow and Forgottten Place" by Mark K. Marshall Randell Jones - voice   Mark Marshall moved to Nashville in 1977 from his home state of West Virginia. He worked for 40 years as a career coach where he heard and shared stories with thousands of people from every walk of life. His writing draws on how growing up in a small lumber and mining town shaped his own life. Mark is member of the writing group, The River Writers. His stories have been featured by The Tennessean, Personal Story Publishing Project, Art Walk Richwood, WV Writers Association, Old Mountain Press Anthology.
• "Orange Juice and Golf Balls for Free" by Bob Amason 03.06.2026 8min

  – He wasn’t cheap; he just liked free things. He charged into snake-infested palmetto bushes with gusto, flinging balls out to the fairway like a crazed Walmart shopper on Black Friday.
• "All God's Children Got Shoes" by Phyllis Castelli 27.05.2026 8min

  – Going barefoot is fun…if you have shoes in your closet. Even in old age, Mama remembered hopelessly tugging down the faded blue dress, trying to hide her feet.
• "My Free Soul" by Mary Floyd 20.05.2026 7min

  I had to hide my secret.Without my bubble, I would cease to live, just blow away like dust.
• "A Visit with Uncle Gilbert" by Ginny Foard 06.05.2026 8min

  –He could not send others into dangers that he was not willing to face himself. The locals know that date. They honor it. They value it because it gave them freedoms that they live to this day.
• "The Green Roach" by A. A. Krombach 29.04.2026 7min

   – “If you turn around now, I’ll get you home.”A 1955 Chevy Nomad station wagon, her faded, chalky green body panels and acid-etched roof and hood left no doubt as to her ancestry.
• "A Light in the Tunnel" by Emily Rosen 22.04.2026 8min

  – There are all kinds of marriages. Freedom is not cheap. And it is never “pure.”
• "Free of the Feds" by Phoenicia Miracle 15.04.2026 7min

  – The cows? The cows were a problem? I walked each check to the bursar's office, fully aware that the cost of my education was far greater than the value of the check.
• "Free Range" by Vicki Easterly 08.04.2026 7min

  – I am certain we had more fun. There was nothing like the feel of the wind slapping hair in our faces as we leaned out the window and yelled fervent taunts at the opposing cars.
• "Standing By" by Jo McElroy Senecal 01.04.2026 8min

  – Not so fast, my slowly dying friend! Out there my heart easily held you with the thrum of ancestral music, song, and dance, as consistent as air.
• "Saints Surprise and How I Learn the Freedom of Speaking Up" by Mary Alice Dixon 25.03.2026 7min

  “Sister, that sounds like fortune telling. Isn’t that a sin?” What would happen to the rest of us who die swallowing pennies and buttons? But not wanting to be the rooster, I stay silent.
• Introduction to "Free" - Vol. 13, Personal Story Publishing Prioject 18.03.2026 8min

  Freedom and scot-free or freeloader and free-for-all We acknowledge those blessings and those curses in the stories we tell.
• "Run On" by Alison Rice Bruster 11.03.2026 7min

  – I have always told myself I’m not a runner. Race day in November dawned bright and crisp.
• "Five Minutes More" by Diana Neunkirchner (reprise from Sept 2023) 04.03.2026 7min

  – Faint music drifted through the rows of vendors. Our stories entwined like dancing angels, each part fulfilling the whole.
• "Alvin and Mrs. Moody" by Joel Stegall (reprise from Sept 2019) 25.02.2026 7min

  Not all the lessons learned in school came from our teachers. This is a story of unarmed power. .
• "Speech Therapy" by Steve Cushman (Reprise from June 2019) 18.02.2026

  A father wrestles with expectations and acceptance.
• "The Orphan Train" by Patricia E. Watts (Reprise from July 2021) 11.02.2026 7min

  – longing for family. Separated as children, a relentless desire to find one another spawned a frustrating search.