Category Archives: Flash Fiction

  1. Last Step to the Sky

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    June 15, 2012 by The Citron Review

    by Rose Engelfried   In 4.03 seconds I will tell you how to fly. You take the first step. The …
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  2. Portrait of Two Women

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    June 15, 2012 by The Citron Review

    by Margot Miller   The smooth backs of the turtles shone on the bank of Lums Pond in the late …
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  3. BFFs

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    June 15, 2012 by The Citron Review

    by Katherine Christensen   Out on the playground, Janice stands in wait. Karen giggles. They team up, Janice in front, …
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  4. Drunk Guy without a Shirt

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    June 15, 2012 by The Citron Review

    by Adam Crittenden   The best way to make memories is to get wasted. I want to drink until I …
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  5. A Party Like This

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    June 15, 2012 by The Citron Review

    by Leah Browning   On the last night of the conference, all the presenting writers who were still in town …
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  6. How to Make Soup

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    March 14, 2012 by The Citron Review

    by Lisa Nikolidakis   My father pulls the footstool I made in woodshop last year to the edge of the …
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  7. Solution

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    March 14, 2012 by The Citron Review

    by Kristen Gentry   Trina’s hair licked. It dripped. It sucked. It patted her back (the very top part connected …
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  8. The Four Hour Romance

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    March 14, 2012 by The Citron Review

    by Sue Ann Connaughton   Boy and girl meet, follow protocol. Sentences are elemental. Punctuation proper and grammar correct: “Hi, …
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  9. I Met a Man

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    March 14, 2012 by The Citron Review

    by Eva Konstantopoulos   I met a man while you slept. It was after we fought about the train tickets …
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  10. Standing and Looking (With Someone You Love)

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    March 14, 2012 by The Citron Review

    by Dana Masden   If you ever lose him, say at a party, as faces of people open to him …
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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