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  • Interview with the author: kerri maher on california, vinyards, and her upcoming novel, Summer of Love

    Interview with the author: kerri maher on california, vinyards, and her upcoming novel, Summer of Love

    Interview by Ella Kirshbaum Berkeley Fiction Review: Thank you so much for taking the time to…

  • BFR 2027 PEN AMERICA Nominations

    BFR 2027 PEN AMERICA Nominations

    We are thrilled to announe our nominations for the 2027 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize…

  • Fresno: Eros

    Fresno: Eros

    It was maybe the dozenth time being the circle’s center when Johnny realized he didn’t hate…

  • Issue 46 is out now!

    Issue 46 is out now!

    We are beyond excited to announce that the forty-sixth annual issue of Berkeley Fiction Review is…

  • Patrol

    Patrol

    He watched until the child reached its mother in the doorway. Then he shouldered the pack…

  • Doll Parts

    Doll Parts

    I hate it like I hate everything that’s Kennedy’s and not mine. Everything that’s got Ken…

  • Bird Dancing

    Bird Dancing

    They said Albert could teach her the birds, so she would go with him to the…

  • Still Time

    Still Time

    It’s my second anniversary, the beginning of another comatose year in a powerless body. Yet my…

  • 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…

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