Category Archives: Flash Fiction

  1. 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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  2. The Soldier on the Mountain

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    December 21, 2019 by The Citron Review

    by Bleriana Myftiu   One hot summer morning a soldier, disobeying his orders, left his post on the mountain and …
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  3. Men learn to swim in the deep end

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    December 21, 2019 by The Citron Review

    by Emma Pattee   Here is Gamal’s most treasured memory of his father: a big hand and the freight train …
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  4. Hanging Out the Laundry

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    December 15, 2019 by The Citron Review

    by Kris Willcox   Marge was the last person on earth to start an argument, but when Edwin offered to …
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  5. Crumbs

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    December 15, 2019 by The Citron Review

    by Paul Beckman   I had to get out of the house. I was tired of arguing with my wife, …
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  6. Hebrew Girl

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    September 23, 2019 by The Citron Review

    by Eleanor Levine   Milos and Bill were not enamored of my musical ability because I don’t have one. I …
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  7. Notes on the Flash Fiction Selections

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    September 23, 2019 by The Citron Review

    I do not remember a time in my life when I was not reading or writing. My mother claims that …
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  8. The Princess of Fantasistan

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    September 23, 2019 by The Citron Review

    by Riham Adly   It’s never easy: traveling on a cloud, carrying around my own mug-shot, and all that running …
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  9. 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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  10. Batting Stones

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    September 23, 2019 by The Citron Review

    by Ronald Hartley   The boy was shirtless, slender and deeply tanned, with shoulder blades protruding from his upper back …
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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