Category Archives: Fiction

  1. Notes on the Fiction Selections

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    June 21, 2020 by The Citron Review

    It has finally happened: my boys have discovered video games. In February, my oldest pulled together his savings and birthday …
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  2. Notes on the Micros

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    June 21, 2020 by The Citron Review

    He was given a chance, but he just wouldn’t. In an interview the other day, the Vice President of the …
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  3. Notes on the Micros

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    March 19, 2020 by The Citron Review

    Everything’s too big. If the number is written down, the writer stops writing, starts crying. Again. The deaths multiply in …
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  4. Notes on the Fiction Selections

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    March 19, 2020 by The Citron Review

    After spending five and half years in the San Francisco Bay Area, my family and I are moving back home …
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  5. Debut Fiction Review by JR Walsh

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    February 9, 2020 by The Citron Review

    Ghosts of You Cathy Ulrich (Okay Donkey, 2019)   Consider this challenge: Find a book of fiction completely written in …
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  6. Notes on the Fiction Selections

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    December 21, 2019 by The Citron Review

    A few weeks ago, my youngest said the greatest words he has ever uttered: “Mama, I want to read all …
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  7. Notes on the Fiction Selections

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    September 23, 2019 by The Citron Review

    Summer went by entirely too quickly for my family. As I write this, I am in disbelief that fall truly …
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  8. Notes on the Fiction Selections

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    June 21, 2019 by The Citron Review

    Summer has always felt like a reward. Summer means more sunshine and more play, less school and work. While I …
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  9. We Have Vultures Now

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    December 21, 2018 by The Citron Review

    by Dakota Canon   The soldiers think they own us. Their guns give them authority and arrogance. Last night they …
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  10. Freedom

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    December 21, 2018 by The Citron Review

    by Andrea Marcusa   When the deep freeze thawed, the woman, who’d been imprisoned for months in that dank basement, …
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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