Category Archives: Flash Fiction

  1. Joyride

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    June 21, 2020 by The Citron Review

    by Sarah Starr Murphy   The classroom was filled with the residual stink of teenaged boy bodies and a mouse …
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  2. 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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  3. Oarfish

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    June 21, 2020 by The Citron Review

    by Anna Gates Ha   I am eleven when I go with my mother’s sister to see the beached oarfish, …
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  4. The City of Things Finished

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    June 21, 2020 by The Citron Review

    by Jared Graham   CAMDEN, N.J., 1891 In the morning the old man could feel rain coming on, and finally …
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  5. You Scamper

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    June 21, 2020 by The Citron Review

    by Allie Mariano   The path through the woods stays straight for nearly half a mile, though a mile, even …
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  6. Dish

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    March 19, 2020 by The Citron Review

    by Kylie Westerlind    Henry cooked eggs every morning, preparing this dish the same way every day. Three of them, …
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  7. Give Me a Break

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    March 19, 2020 by The Citron Review

    by D.H. Valdez    After makeup and wardrobe, the three of us were led down to the Parent Lounge where …
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  8. The Border Town

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    March 19, 2020 by The Citron Review

    by Mehr-Afarin Kohan    There is mud and rocks on the ground and tire tracks from trucks carrying cement and …
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  9. A Primo Place to Stay

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    March 19, 2020 by The Citron Review

    by Melissa Llanes Brownlee    Turkeys screech on the oil-stained concrete driveway. She watches them through the louvered glass windows …
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  10. 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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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