Category Archives: Flash Fiction
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City Lights
Leave a commentMarch 21, 2021 by The Citron Review
by Mark Cassidy We were on vacation, would have been the summer of ’76 or ’77, and we went …
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Freezing Point
Leave a commentMarch 21, 2021 by The Citron Review
by Star Su His previous girlfriends were slender wicks, all smoke and candied wax. And when he smoothed the …
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Visitation 4
Leave a commentDecember 22, 2020 by The Citron Review
by Kim Parko I come to her home atop the mountain, cross a threshold stained with sienna footprints, enter …
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Keeping Time
Leave a commentDecember 22, 2020 by The Citron Review
by Niles Reddick My great grandmother was in her seventies when her crooked fingers with thin skin hammered chords …
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Dearest Timothy
Leave a commentDecember 22, 2020 by The Citron Review
by Lucy Wilde Dearest Timothy, Perhaps instead I should address this to Tim, the timid boy from Biggar, with …
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A Girl Walks Home in the Snow
Leave a commentDecember 22, 2020 by The Citron Review
by A.M. Henry – One – A girl walks home in the snow. She is coming from: school, the …
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Notes on the Fiction Selections
Leave a commentDecember 21, 2020 by The Citron Review
Recently, I read an article about the physical and mental benefits of reading. The article detailed the theory of mind—the …
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The Fog
Leave a commentDecember 14, 2020 by The Citron Review
by Carrie Etter We waited at the bus stop in fog, fog so thick I was surprised I couldn’t …
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Notes on the Fiction Selections
Leave a commentSeptember 23, 2020 by The Citron Review
My children have started to speak in hopeful sentences like “when coronavirus goes away…” and “when it’s safe to travel…” …
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The Lock
Leave a commentSeptember 23, 2020 by The Citron Review
by Lucy Peters When Jack was tucked up in the pram, the latch caught in the lock. The lip …
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