Category Archives: Flash Fiction

  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. 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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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