Category Archives: Flash Fiction

  1. In Which I Defend my Decision to Run Away and Join the Circus

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    March 1, 2014 by The Citron Review

    by George Dila   It was an impulse. And impulsivity can be dangerous. A sign of emotional distress. Taking my …
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  2. Sink

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    March 1, 2014 by The Citron Review

    by Tina Tocco   On Fridays, my mother calls the Park & Rec. She sits in her kitchen as the …
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  3. Suicides

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    March 1, 2014 by The Citron Review

    by John Carroll   We were ballers then, and knew nothing else. Our uniforms told us who we were. They …
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  4. Night Visitor

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    March 1, 2014 by The Citron Review

    by Michael Chaney   There’s asphalt in the curtains. It silts the pillows of the couch Sid knows too well and …
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  5. Typically Brittle and Optically Transparent

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    December 15, 2013 by The Citron Review

    by Erica L. Kaufman   Her hands and fingers were always covered in cuts. Scars, too, underneath the cuts. She …
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  6. Hard Rain Fell*

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    December 15, 2013 by The Citron Review

    by Nathaniel Heely   II. What You Have Seen The recurring image. The recurring scenes and sounds. Thunder in the …
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  7. Baby Pictures

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    December 15, 2013 by The Citron Review

    by Katie Cortese   Jim’s computer has a program that can age any face, or propel it back into youth. …
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  8. After the Coma

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    December 15, 2013 by The Citron Review

    by Nancy McCabe   Her first week back, Carrie comes over to watch a made-for-TV movie. In it, a woman …
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  9. Resurrection

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    September 6, 2013 by The Citron Review

    by Beth Keefauver   You want to know how and I’ll tell you, but it doesn’t matter. Twelve days of …
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  10. Misting

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    September 6, 2013 by The Citron Review

    by Kristan Hoffman   The girl sat on the roof beneath a rain so fine you could hardly see it. …
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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