Category Archives: Flash Fiction

  1. In the dark, everything looks like nothing

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    December 21, 2018 by The Citron Review

    by Francine Witte   1. At some point, my parents were young and happy. I have the photo to prove …
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  2. Mosaic

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    September 25, 2018 by The Citron Review

    by Fred D. White   Roland’s world-wide assortment finally arrived, and he wasted no time unsealing the large plastic bag …
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  3. Buckets

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    September 25, 2018 by The Citron Review

    by Patricia Q. Bidar   Randy and Taiko are standing at the chimp habitat. Taiko doesn’t recall the sight of …
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  4. Tamed

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    September 25, 2018 by The Citron Review

    by Jeff Fleischer Life had once again become monotonous. He still hunted chickens that all seemed alike, and avoided the …
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  5. H

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    September 25, 2018 by The Citron Review

    by Lee Anderson   Ophelia’s first time was with her boyfriend’s rock band and a group of girls the other …
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  6. Notes of the Fiction Selections

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    July 17, 2018 by The Citron Review

    My whole life, I’ve loved summer. I love the smell of the earth warming, the promise of an afternoon thunderstorm, …
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  7. Passenger

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    July 17, 2018 by The Citron Review

    by Heather Bourbeau   He saw how the thinness of her calves was exaggerated by the large shapeless overcoat in …
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  8. Constance, failing

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    July 17, 2018 by The Citron Review

    by Shauna Mackay   He comes seldom, sometimes often, there is no pattern to the turn of his key. The …
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  9. Covenants

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    July 17, 2018 by The Citron Review

    by Tommy Dean No one knew how the back windshield got cracked, but she loved the way the dying sunlight …
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  10. Stephen

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    July 17, 2018 by The Citron Review

     by Katherine Hubbard The last time I saw him, it was 1989. We sat in a café on Ninth Avenue …
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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