Category Archives: Flash Fiction

  1. The Ghost

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    May 27, 2024 by The Citron Review

    by Jessica June Rowe   She haunts the shitty diners they once explored together on weekend nights, play-acting as foodies …
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  2. Notes on the Fiction Selections

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    May 27, 2024 by The Citron Review

    I tell my children all the time that they can do hard things. This usually comes with me convincing them …
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  3. Fall Colors

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    December 29, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Stephen Tuttle   From the roof, where I was cleaning the gutters, I watched the kids raking leaves into …
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  4. The Rivers Between Us

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    December 29, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Jane Garrett   Once, there was a man who fell in love with an ogre. On their wedding day, …
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  5. Schmidt

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    December 29, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Jeff Friedman   Schmidt disappeared from the cubicle where he sat at work, even though his fellow workers could …
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  6. Notes on the Flash Fiction Selections

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    December 29, 2023 by The Citron Review

    My father claims that he knew I’d be a writer when I wrote in a school assignment that after my …
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  7. Idaho

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    December 29, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Carolyn R. Russell   Nate was waiting for me in front of Veasey’s Eggs and Milk, his eyes bloodshot above …
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  8. The Day After

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    December 29, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Melissa Witcher   Luiza has identified only one solution; she simply must go out.  She smooths her sleek shoulder-length …
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  9. What the Tides Reveal

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    October 1, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Eric Scot Tryon   The jellyfish lay lifeless on the sand. No longer an ocean ballerina, now a jello …
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  10. My Father’s Hand

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    October 1, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Andrew Bertaina   The first time I see my dead father, he’s leaning down at the market, trying to …
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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