I am the kind of person who likes the unexpected. I especially like it in a story which has led me down a familiar path and then punched me in the gut, or pulled me along for a ride that reached a destination I never saw coming. The fiction selections in this issue all have this common thread: the unexpected. From the emotions entangled in one’s first kiss to the request of a person you thought was a friend, my hope is that you will find yourself surprised by these stories and that these stories will both inspire and uplift you in an otherwise chaotic time.

Enjoy,
Elizabeth De Arcos
Senior Fiction Editor
The Citron Review