Category Archives: Flash Fiction

  1. Which Came First?

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    September 23, 2019 by The Citron Review

    by Timothy Reilly   for Jo-Anne My older brother preceded me by three years. He was the first born, and …
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  2. Knitting

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    June 21, 2019 by The Citron Review

    by Carla Scarano D’Antonio   Knit three, purl three: thirty three stitches for Peter’s jacket sleeve. 5mm needles. I chose …
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  3. Coverings

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    June 21, 2019 by The Citron Review

    by Anita Goveas   Because I don’t know how to pleat my sari, and YouTube tells you how they do …
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  4. The Dream of Her Long Dying

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    June 21, 2019 by The Citron Review

    by Mary Grimm   We gave my mother away, my sister and I, bridesmaids to her dying, not knowing our …
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  5. Turtles

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    March 20, 2019 by The Citron Review

    by Kaely Horton   They said it would be better for everyone if I stayed home. I knit turtles, mostly. …
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  6. Moving On

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    March 20, 2019 by The Citron Review

    by Abigail Pettit   Each place the Mulaneys moved into broke down, in one way or another. One time, it …
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  7. Outside of Oklahoma

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    March 20, 2019 by The Citron Review

    by Zack Butovich   I wasn’t naked when the tornado touched down. A minute before, I had thrown on a …
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  8. Notes on the Fiction Selections

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    December 21, 2018 by The Citron Review

    I am not a big fan of winter, to be completely honest. The days are short and cold and dark, …
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  9. Enfold

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    December 21, 2018 by The Citron Review

    by Tara Isabel Zambrano   After his death, my husband lives in the walls and fixtures of our home. They …
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  10. Notes on the nominations

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    December 21, 2018 by The Citron Review

    Bear with me; I’m new here. I should always lead with this, perhaps with a please in front. After all, …
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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