Category Archives: Fiction

  1. It Would Not Have Our Bones

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    April 17, 2017 by The Citron Review

    by Kathryn McMahon   In the winter all the sparrows died. And the falcons and the finches and the blue …
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  2. Kendrick Court, July 1983

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    April 17, 2017 by The Citron Review

    by Siobhan Welch   The babysitter said to chill. The fire would have to burn through six buildings, plus an …
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  3. Dead Matches

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    April 17, 2017 by The Citron Review

    by Rob Hill   “What are you going to do with me?” she asked softly, lying undressed and perfectly still …
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  4. The Sky Was Electric Blue

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    April 17, 2017 by The Citron Review

    by Siobhan Welch   The woman smiles at her baby through the rearview mirror when the car ahead of her …
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  5. A Canyon’s Secret

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    April 17, 2017 by The Citron Review

    by Kelley J. P. Lindberg   At sunset, magpies spring into the air in a hurried sketch of black and …
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  6. Picking the Bones

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    December 22, 2016 by The Citron Review

    by Alle C. Hall   Waka was shopping in town the morning the sea came in. There was no eldest …
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  7. Catch a Deluge in a Paper Cup

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    December 22, 2016 by The Citron Review

    by Grant Price   Of course he chose that song for it. That old Crowded House one where he sings …
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  8. Four Generations

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    December 22, 2016 by The Citron Review

    by R.   I infuse disappointment in my sighs, think about getting a job and maybe buying a corset to …
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  9. The Velociraptors

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    December 22, 2016 by The Citron Review

    by Becca Borawski Jenkins   Sofia is the youngest hen and she comes running whenever we cook hamburgers on the …
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  10. Skukuza, 1956

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    December 21, 2016 by The Citron Review

    by Kara Moskowitz   A man sits in the driver’s seat of the Vauxhall and in the passenger seat is his …
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IMAGE: Painted scroll: Winter Journey Through the Mountains Along Plank Roads (Ming Huang's Journey to Shu)
IMAGE: Winter Journey Through the Mountains Along Plank Roads (Ming Huang's Journey to Shu) (Yokoi Kinkoku 横井金谷) , 1985.791,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2025