• Paper and Wings Burn Brightest at Eight Fifteen 

    Paper and Wings Burn Brightest at Eight Fifteen 

    Misao smushed the butt of her cigarette into an orange ashtray sat at the very center…

  • Sustenance

    Sustenance

    I didn’t know what to do so I stayed silent. He took my arm and raised…

  • Elliot

    Elliot

    Nearly every night for the past two weeks, Joseph Hall has had the same dream. He’s…

  • She Who Hears the Suffering of the World

    She Who Hears the Suffering of the World

    Everything here was new, from this country to her husband, to her baby. Everything except Mei. 

  • Variations of Summer

    Variations of Summer

    It’s a hot, humid summer the summer before high school, and I’m back in Guangzhou, a…

  • Issue 45 Release!

    Issue 45 Release!

    We are delighted to announce the winners of the Berkeley Fiction Review’s 2025 Sudden Fiction contest!

  • Petal heart

    Petal heart

    Phoebe, like everyone, has a peeling heart. At age 23, Phoebe would call it a tearing,…

  • The Parakeet

    The Parakeet

    And now, Nasrin spent her days at home, alone. And the honey afternoon light, viscous and…

  • The Hatch

    The Hatch

    The darkness is a challenge, but the hardest part is not knowing what happened to everyone…

  • To The Quick

    To The Quick

    I think I love her, but it’s too soon to say that, so I just tell…