Category Archives: Flash Fiction

  1. Notes on the Fiction Selections

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    March 21, 2022 by The Citron Review

    I like NASCAR. It is a weird admission, I agree, but I really like NASCAR. I did not grow up …
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  2. Locked In, Locked Out

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    March 21, 2022 by The Citron Review

    by Carisa Coburn Pineda   I selected my bedroom set at a well-known furniture store in Barrio Lujan. It had …
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  3. Pass Once Unknown

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    December 22, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by Marvin Shackelford   I had fallen madly in love with Anna from the English department, but I’ve always struggled …
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  4. Field of Attention

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    December 22, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by Mary Grimm   When Louis woke that morning, he saw the shadows of birds passing over and heard the …
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  5. The Apartment Story

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    December 22, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by Abbie Barker   Our apartment is shrinking. While we sleep, the walls inch closer. Every few days, something disappears. …
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  6. The Saltwater Catching

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    December 22, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by Hanne Larsson   I splutter, gasp awake. Saltwater stinging my throat. Lungs burning. My nostrils itch and scratch as …
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  7. The Peaceable Prairie

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    December 22, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by Alexander Lazarus Wolff   Far out, on the precipice of perceptibility, where the hills rise to meet the horizon …
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  8. The Owl

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    December 22, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by Anne Louise Pepper   At our house, when supper is done, and the sun has gone leaving the sky …
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  9. Notes on the Fiction Selections

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    December 22, 2021 by The Citron Review

    When is a person considered “over the hill?” I Googled this question a few days before my fortieth birthday because …
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  10. Triboluminescence

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    September 23, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by Joe P. Squance   On our last day of camp, Breckin takes us on a night hike to show …
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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