Category Archives: Fiction

  1. We Must Come Out

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    December 31, 2024 by The Citron Review

    by Cynthia Ajuzie They roll over. Tucking their chins into their necks, curving their spines like commas, raising their butts …
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  2. What I Can’t See

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    December 31, 2024 by The Citron Review

    by Melanie Maggard Since they’ve turned the abandoned K-mart into a laser tag, there’s nothing else that makes Margot happy. …
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  3. Daughter Fish

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    December 31, 2024 by The Citron Review

    by Adrianna Sanchez-Lopez Most of the time, my daughter’s a fish. A rainbow trout: turns of silver-red-blue spinnering translucent depths. …
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  4. Notes on the Micros

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    December 31, 2024 by The Citron Review

    OK, friends. With the new year about to start I’m setting my reading goals now. Said goals will be based …
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  5. The Long Walk North

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    December 31, 2024 by The Citron Review

    by Caitlyn Kinsella She was brought into the country under the whispers of rough voices and the smell of motor …
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  6. Q & A with Shome Dasgupta

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    July 1, 2024 by The Citron Review

    by Charlotte Hamrick Reading Atchafalaya Darling by Shome Dasgupta (Belle Point Press, 2024), I was drawn into a lyrical world …
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  7. Notes on the Micros

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    July 1, 2024 by The Citron Review

    Hey — what’s the small idea? What qualifies me to be the editor of your micros section, anyway? Am I …
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  8. Notes on the Micros

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    May 27, 2024 by The Citron Review

    Over the past couple weeks, I’ve been watching our dwarf sunflowers get accolades from neighbors who want to say one …
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  9. Notes on the Micros

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    December 29, 2023 by The Citron Review

    I have friends that I’ve lost touch which and I’m 300% sure that it’s my fault. With that realization I …
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  10. Notes on the Fiction Selections

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    October 1, 2023 by The Citron Review

    Picture a ball of yarn, tumbling down a set of stairs and unwinding over each step. This compact, delightful shape …
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