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Randell Jones
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6-minute Stories

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).

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  1. EPISODE 1

    Introduction to "Foolhardy"

    Forty-five writers share their personal stories of courage and daring, rashness and folly, incited by intention, imprudence, or circumstances. These are tales provoked by reasoned confidence or aggravated by recklessness, some pivoting on inattention to what could go wrong. We choose what to do next, how to live, based on what we think we know and believe will happen. What we don’t get right we might get wrong for many reasons, but in every case, we get a story to tell.      Through 45 short stories, you share in the personal experiences of writers—both new voices and seasoned storytellers. They skillfully share and reflect on life episodes, offering lessons learned, cautions for consideration, and encouragements for the journeys of others. Through these stories, we glean a glimpse into our own experiences. We consider how courage and folly affected our choices for reasons we may not have understood at the moment, but now we realize the outcomes are with us forever, at least in the stories we tell.

    8 min

  2. EPISODE 3

    "When Things Got Crazy (Dingue)" by David Collins

    – Not what we expected Hell-bound for a summer of adventure in France, we didn’t care.

    7 min

  3. EPISODE 4

    "The Bottle Rocket War" by Richard L. Davis

    "The Bottle Rocket War" by Richard L. Davis, Elk Grove, CA – firecrackers on a stick, launched from tequila bottles! We had no Francis Scott Key to record our glory and legacy.

    8 min

  4. EPISODE 5

    "No Turning Back" by Bruce Spang

    – What was I doing here? I’d been a fool to come. Too much of the past haunted the rooms.

    8 min

  5. EPISODE 6

    "Time To Live or Die" by Edward von Koenigseck

    – “Quick! Let's get the oars!”. Traveling fast, the tanker’s bow tossed large white-capped waves.

    8 min

  6. EPISODE 7

    "Outgunned" by Jamie Cheshire

    – We had our audience! Fierce when necessary, and sometimes maybe just a little bit witchy

    8 min

  7. EPISODE 8

    "Mountain Panic" by Suzanne Adams

    – I began to pass little crosses made of sticks and string. It was fully dark outside now, a blackness unrelieved by any shaft of human-created light.

    8 min

  8. EPISODE 9

    "Greyhound to Ithaca" by Maureen Ryan Griffin

    – I had a layover in Elmira, New York—six hours long. Warblers, whistlers, and trillers sang. Joe and Maybe Dave knew when not to talk, too, when beauty itself was the conversation.

    8 min
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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).

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