Category Archives: Flash Fiction

  1. Notes on the Fiction Selections

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    June 30, 2023 by The Citron Review

    After nearly five years of editing this journal, I am still be surprised by our depth of submissions. We read …
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  2. Socked In

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    June 30, 2023 by The Citron Review

    Photo by Hillary Degani. by Kathryn Silver-Hajo   Thirty days and thirty nights we stayed in bed while the wind …
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  3. In Leaping

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    April 2, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Mandira Pattnaik   Sometimes, standing before the mirror, Leia would say she felt like a grasshopper. Say this to …
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  4. How to Deadhead Hydrangea

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    April 2, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Elizabeth Schmermund   Prune only after the rich blooms have paraded under your window and then have turned paper-thin, …
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  5. In The Garden

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    April 2, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Melissa Benton Barker   I painted a small room lavender. You caulked the windows. A baby cried. I planted …
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  6. A Fucking Steal

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    April 2, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Chelsea Stickle   On nights when the haunting is extreme, Ramona slips into my bed like she was always …
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  7. Goldmouth

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    April 2, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Cameron Green We grew up learning to lie—to strangers, each other, our mothers’ faces. We grew up laughing and …
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  8. Notes on the Fiction Selections

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    April 2, 2023 by The Citron Review

    In my corner of the northeastern United States, we haven’t exactly hit Spring yet. The shores of Lake Ontario aren’t …
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  9. Deficit

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    April 2, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Dustin M. Hoffman   The drywall finisher packed his trowels and pans into the trunk of his car. This …
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  10. Deep

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    December 22, 2022 by The Citron Review

    by Chloe Yelena Miller   She looks for him, even under seat cushions, pushing away the gum wrappers and pennies. …
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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