Category Archives: Flash Fiction

  1. Notes on the Fiction Selections

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    May 2, 2018 by The Citron Review

    I have recently spent a lot of time thinking about the kind of literature I am drawn to and why. …
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  2. Deep Waters

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    May 2, 2018 by The Citron Review

    by Victoria Miller   She is twenty-nine and works in an office, but that’s not important. She enjoys watching classic …
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  3. The Full Circle of Love

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    May 2, 2018 by The Citron Review

    by Patricia Fuentes Burns   It has been decades since I’ve gotten up this early, but I learned when raising …
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  4. We the Underserved

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    December 21, 2017 by The Citron Review

    by Kathryn Kulpa   We the underserved, the undeserving poor, sitting underground, in the street-level window of an Eighth Avenue …
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  5. I Thought You Were An Anchor in the Drift of the World

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    December 21, 2017 by The Citron Review

    by Sara Estes   Amileah is remembering Park’s face, the lines near his eyes, the freckles, his beard, and then …
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  6. No White Light

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    October 2, 2017 by The Citron Review

    By Susan Segal   No tunnel, no grandparents opening their arms, no Tipper joyously barking, no Anna—childhood best friend, thrown …
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  7. Notes on the Fiction Selections

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    October 2, 2017 by The Citron Review

    I am the kind of person who likes the unexpected. I especially like it in a story which has led …
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  8. That Sort of Midnight

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    October 2, 2017 by The Citron Review

    By Lindsey Baker   He was upset, curled up on his side of the motel bed wearing that silly paisley …
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  9. Cool Friend

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    October 2, 2017 by The Citron Review

    By Max Everhart   When I was nine, I had a friend at Macedonia Baptist Church named Jeremy Hatcher. He …
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  10. Laughing

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    October 2, 2017 by The Citron Review

    By Allison Kade   When we were younger, we were bullied. Now, as an adult, we talk about our experience …
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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