Category Archives: Flash Fiction

  1. Lost and Found

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    June 22, 2022 by The Citron Review

    by Jenny Darmody   It started small, as most things do. On Saturdays, my husband would pop out for the …
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  2. Belladonna

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    June 22, 2022 by The Citron Review

    by John Salter   If Elvis had parachuted into a convent, there would have been less chaos than when you …
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  3. Notes on the Fiction Selections

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    June 22, 2022 by The Citron Review

    The fiction team has selected some wonderful work for the summer issue. “The Romantic Maneuvers of a Tilting Earth” by …
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  4. What Grows in the Garden

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    March 21, 2022 by The Citron Review

    by Erin Armstrong   It started like this: the girl swallows the seeds and can’t remember how many. For months …
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  5. Deer Feast

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    March 21, 2022 by The Citron Review

    by Amber Wozniak   we are captivated by the big blue house. caught taunt on the dagger spokes of the …
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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. 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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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