Category Archives: Fiction

  1. This House is Not a Home

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    October 3, 2016 by The Citron Review

    by Thomas Kearnes   Jackie falls into a trance watching Dora the Explorer with the children. Most of the kids …
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  2. Unlocked

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    October 3, 2016 by The Citron Review

    by Anna Cabe   After the argument, when wineglass shards littered the floor, and you had already returned, smelling like …
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  3. You Are Here

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    October 3, 2016 by The Citron Review

    by Lee Cole   The moon is a blue flame, and it burns through a thousand miles of blurred ether …
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  4. Notes on the Fiction Selections

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    October 3, 2016 by The Citron Review

    The fiction editors at The Citron Review love to come across a story that feels complete while delivering memorable imagery …
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  5. Loretta’s Scars

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    October 3, 2016 by The Citron Review

    by Benito Vergara   Each one told a story, and she knew them all. But one day she ran out …
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  6. You Ride the Bus

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    April 4, 2016 by The Citron Review

    by Jeffrey Ricker   After a while you start to take note of the drivers you encounter. There’s the one …
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  7. The Transit

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    April 4, 2016 by The Citron Review

    by Deanna Ogle   I wish I could tell her what I’m feeling. I don’t want to be in this …
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  8. Make Sure to See the Exit Door

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    April 4, 2016 by The Citron Review

    by Miah Jeffra (for Keith Haring)   Dear Keith: I’m on Craigslist again. I am angry, ten years ago. And …
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  9. Who?

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    December 1, 2014 by The Citron Review

    by Ken Rodgers   We hid in the horse pen. The moon was absent and a coal fire haze from …
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  10. Impact

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    March 16, 2011 by The Citron Review

    by Dennis Fulgoni   Harold wiggles into position at the top of the slide. He scoots his skinny butt forward, …
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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