Tag Archives: Flash Fiction

  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. How to Make Fire Prints with John Cage

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    September 23, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by Suzanne C Martinez   John Cage crumples the musical score and drops it on the etching press bed. He …
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  4. We Fade With Time

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    September 23, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by Mileva Anastasiadou   The morning bells marked his arrival, although it could have been the doorbell that woke me …
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  5. Sheets

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    September 23, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by Sam Simon   When there were four of us crammed in that apartment, I lived only in my room. …
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  6. Mama Knows Best

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    September 23, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by J. Isaiah Holbrook   Today I am fifteen again, which means / I’m growing familiar with cradling my sexuality …
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  7. Notes on the Fiction Selections

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    September 23, 2021 by The Citron Review

    One of my sincerest hopes for my children is that they will be comfortable as life-long learners. Because of who …
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  8. Origins

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    June 20, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by Sara Cappell Thomason   She’d always thought New Year’s Eve signaled a false changing of the guard. She believed …
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  9. Left to their own devices, they became them

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    June 20, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by Michelle Morouse   Jinny blamed herself at first. She’d skipped Junior’s basketball games to go to spin class and …
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  10. A Practical Guide to Making Rain

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    June 20, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by Myna Chang   Promise the rain’ll come. Tell ’em about that time in Wichita. The puddles that shimmered wet …
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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