Tag Archives: Flash Fiction

  1. Cotton

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    September 23, 2022 by The Citron Review

    by María Alejandra Barrios Vélez   The night I met the love of my life, I started dreaming about the …
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  2. Notes on the Fiction Selections

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    September 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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  3. The Romantic Maneuvers of a Tilting Planet

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    June 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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  4. Crow Dreams

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    June 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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  5. Snake. Taos New Mexico

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    June 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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  6. Sinners to the Back of the House

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    June 22, 2022 by The Citron Review

    by Emily Hoover   Her calloused hand slapped my face. Furrowed brow, crows feet. My mother. Our Lady of Perpetual …
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  7. For Sissies Who Cry

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    June 22, 2022 by The Citron Review

    by Catherine Chiarella Domonkos   My grandmother’s lover flies through on a carpet of caramel pillows, honeysuckle wings. Cotton candy …
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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. 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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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