Category Archives: Fiction

  1. Girls Who Break Hearts

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    May 2, 2018 by The Citron Review

    by Candace Hartsuker   Girls who break hearts conjure boys out of thin air, palm them in their hands like …
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  2. The Townsfolk in Winter

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    May 2, 2018 by The Citron Review

    by Tim Hawkins    Scurrying together, uniting at the flagpole, chapped hands of greeting concealed like their expressions lost inside …
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  3. Notes on the Fiction Selections

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    December 21, 2017 by The Citron Review

    The end of the year is a natural time for retrospect. As we look back on the year, there is …
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  4. Notes on the Fiction Selections

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    October 2, 2017 by The Citron Review

    I am the kind of person who likes the unexpected. I especially like it in a story which has led …
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  5. The Water Boils

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    June 22, 2017 by The Citron Review

    by Abigail Hancher   It was in the newspaper this morning. What Mr. Hammond did, and all anyone could whisper …
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  6. Train Conductor

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    June 22, 2017 by The Citron Review

    by Duff Allen   Before he threw himself he’d said passing through the cabin, “Every door’s an exit.”   Duff …
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  7. Notes on the Fiction Selections

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    June 22, 2017 by The Citron Review

    When summer hits, we often think of escaping our day to day, traveling to new, more exciting places, or even …
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  8. Badass Comes to Town

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    June 22, 2017 by The Citron Review

    by Julie Turley   Our studio apartments were attached, the porches so close together, the whole place looked staged. My …
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  9. The Compas

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    June 22, 2017 by The Citron Review

    by Michael Lehman   The revolution came, and the compas have lined us up so they can look at our …
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  10. Once My Father Beat Me With A Chair

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    June 22, 2017 by The Citron Review

    by AN Block   Once my father beat me with a chair, a small chair of varnished mahogany. It was …
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