Category Archives: Flash Fiction

  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. If We’d Only… Well, We Might Have

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    October 1, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Elissa Field   The sky had cleared out over the Gulf and we leaned, each of us, on the …
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  7. Stone Fruit

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    October 1, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Lindy Biller   In the beginning we were figs. Teeth broke our skin, sinking into our flesh like a …
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  8. Tunnel of Love

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    October 1, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Meg Pokrass   We’re in the Tunnel of Love when my sister says she is stuck there. She’s in …
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  9. Baby Nails Can Scratch the Inside of the Uterine Sac

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    October 1, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Tara Van De Mark   It sounded like the scooping of soft rocky road ice cream on a hot …
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  10. Notes on the Fiction Selections

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    October 1, 2023 by The Citron Review

    Picture a ball of yarn, tumbling down a set of stairs and unwinding over each step. This compact, delightful shape …
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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