Berkeley Fiction Review

My Grandpa Helps Me Pick Socks to Wear to His One Year Mass

“What about these purple argyles? I bought them the day you died. I was sent out…
The Thirteenth Month

For all intents and purposes, let’s set the record clear that I wasn’t intentionally trying to…
Thirty

He said, I can’t imagine that. Living somewhere they don’t speak my language. I said I…
To Bask

A woman on the middle floor of the old Florida condo opens a sliding-glass door…
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Trespassing

Whenever they drove past in the car on the way to the next town over, all…
The Jumper and the Gaijin

Nora learns “gaijin” when she hears the teenagers say it. She’s not heard an adult use…
To Be Generous

When Amy whispered in Russ’s ear that what he wanted her to do would cost him…
The Young Mayor of Villa Sorgo

With a clogged throat and quivering bowels he’d watched the river of muscle flow beneath his…
Perfume and Cigarettes

Mrs. Marion heard Ronnie’s car turn into the driveway, and then shortly afterward the top of…