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The parable of the sower by octavia butler: What If Feeling Too Much Is a Kind of Reading?
Butler’s fiction isn’t a diagnosis for me, and my experience isn’t evidence that her imagined syndrome…
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October Newsletter
Happy October! We hope the fall season is off to a great start! On campus, the…
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September Newsletter
Happy September! As we return from summer break, we have a few updates that we’re excited…
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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…
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BFR 2027 PEN AMERICA Nominations
We are thrilled to announe our nominations for the 2027 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize…
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Fresno: Eros
It was maybe the dozenth time being the circle’s center when Johnny realized he didn’t hate…
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Issue 46 is out now!
We are beyond excited to announce that the forty-sixth annual issue of Berkeley Fiction Review is…
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Patrol
He watched until the child reached its mother in the doorway. Then he shouldered the pack…
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Doll Parts
I hate it like I hate everything that’s Kennedy’s and not mine. Everything that’s got Ken…
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Bird Dancing
They said Albert could teach her the birds, so she would go with him to the…
