Tag Archives: Micro Fiction
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Child’s Play
1June 21, 2019 by The Citron Review
by Megan Anning Sparrows flutter in the dirt, ruffling their wings, swishing dust about. Theresa watches nearby. Theresa loves …
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Black Ice
Leave a commentMarch 20, 2019 by The Citron Review
by Christine Baerbock There’s a woman who prays, lips on knuckles, for her children, her husband. She does it …
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Turtles
Leave a commentMarch 20, 2019 by The Citron Review
by Kaely Horton They said it would be better for everyone if I stayed home. I knit turtles, mostly. …
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Spring Wedding
1March 20, 2019 by The Citron Review
by Helen Chambers We marry in a blur of froth; Queen Anne’s lace dancing our tune, and unfurling fiddle-heads …
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White Wedding
2March 20, 2019 by The Citron Review
by Helen Chambers Grey day; warm for the season. ‘If anyone knows any reason…’ intones the priest, hearing the …
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Immaculate
Leave a commentMarch 20, 2019 by The Citron Review
by Anne-Marie Hoeve Spoons. You say you’ve bought new spoons. They are nice, but what’s wrong with mine? “Too …
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Moving On
1March 20, 2019 by The Citron Review
by Abigail Pettit Each place the Mulaneys moved into broke down, in one way or another. One time, it …
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Outside of Oklahoma
Leave a commentMarch 20, 2019 by The Citron Review
by Zack Butovich I wasn’t naked when the tornado touched down. A minute before, I had thrown on a …
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We Have Vultures Now
Leave a commentDecember 21, 2018 by The Citron Review
by Dakota Canon The soldiers think they own us. Their guns give them authority and arrogance. Last night they …
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Freedom
Leave a commentDecember 21, 2018 by The Citron Review
by Andrea Marcusa When the deep freeze thawed, the woman, who’d been imprisoned for months in that dank basement, …
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