Category Archives: Flash Fiction
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The Loved Ones Who Haunt You in Technicolor Still
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by Lynn Mundell ApparitionBobby, the boy your parents fostered until he began running away. He had an old yellow …
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Spinning by Candlelight
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by Marianne Villanueva One late winter night, in a humble dwelling built of thick sod and grass, a wife …
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2.84 Ounces
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by Kavi Yaga A woman in front of me at the grocery check-out line told me she had given …
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Notes on the Fiction Selections
1September 23, 2022 by The Citron Review
What is magic? Magic is dreaming. Magic is fantasy. Magic is speculative. When we think of magic, we think of …
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The Romantic Maneuvers of a Tilting Planet
1June 22, 2022 by The Citron Review
by Tommy Dean Before the car was repossessed, before the house was sold at auction, before our father lost …
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Crow Dreams
1June 22, 2022 by The Citron Review
by Doug Ramspeck I saw my father for the first and only time in Jackson, Mississippi, after a long …
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Snake. Taos New Mexico
2June 22, 2022 by The Citron Review
by Kathryn Silver-Hajo After he broke the restraining order for the second time, she put two suitcases and her …
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Sinners to the Back of the House
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by Emily Hoover Her calloused hand slapped my face. Furrowed brow, crows feet. My mother. Our Lady of Perpetual …
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For Sissies Who Cry
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by Catherine Chiarella Domonkos My grandmother’s lover flies through on a carpet of caramel pillows, honeysuckle wings. Cotton candy …
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