Tag Archives: Flash Fiction
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The Day After
1December 29, 2023 by The Citron Review
by Melissa Witcher Luiza has identified only one solution; she simply must go out. She smooths her sleek shoulder-length …
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What the Tides Reveal
1October 1, 2023 by The Citron Review
by Eric Scot Tryon The jellyfish lay lifeless on the sand. No longer an ocean ballerina, now a jello …
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My Father’s Hand
Leave a commentOctober 1, 2023 by The Citron Review
by Andrew Bertaina The first time I see my dead father, he’s leaning down at the market, trying to …
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If We’d Only… Well, We Might Have
Leave a commentOctober 1, 2023 by The Citron Review
by Elissa Field The sky had cleared out over the Gulf and we leaned, each of us, on the …
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Stone Fruit
Leave a commentOctober 1, 2023 by The Citron Review
by Lindy Biller In the beginning we were figs. Teeth broke our skin, sinking into our flesh like a …
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Tunnel of Love
Leave a commentOctober 1, 2023 by The Citron Review
by Meg Pokrass We’re in the Tunnel of Love when my sister says she is stuck there. She’s in …
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Baby Nails Can Scratch the Inside of the Uterine Sac
Leave a commentOctober 1, 2023 by The Citron Review
by Tara Van De Mark It sounded like the scooping of soft rocky road ice cream on a hot …
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Notes on the Fiction Selections
Leave a commentOctober 1, 2023 by The Citron Review
Picture a ball of yarn, tumbling down a set of stairs and unwinding over each step. This compact, delightful shape …
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Mother Tongue
1June 30, 2023 by The Citron Review
by Kik Lodge On the train, a girl licks the window and her mother tells her to stop licking …
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Meara, Can You See the Light?
Leave a commentJune 30, 2023 by The Citron Review
by Michelle Hulan Gianna was seven when she saw her first dead person, and by sixty-two she’d helped thousands …
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