Berkeley Fiction Review

Please, Be Sensitive

I finish telling my therapist about the assault. She takes the time to write the last…
The Glue

I stood up and scanned all the items in the house. Everything looked like she had…
Drought

He told Jay, “Hold still,” digging his fingernails in the raw, yanking out triangularout bits triangular…
Comic Submissions Now Open!

We are, for the first time ever, publishing comics in our journal.
Behind the Birch Woods

She stared at the words on the page and tried to trace their shapes with her…
Resignation

Martin Ellis didn’t think himself difficult to work with, but when his left foot turned in…
Issue 40 Release Party Transcript

Read the transcript of our release party for Berkeley Fiction Review Issue 40, which took place…
An interview with Meagan Johanson, author of “Spent” and Sudden Fiction winner

“Spent” came like this—from a feeling, the remorse of only having one life to spend. Even…
Excerpt from “Abandoned Things” by Kristina Kim

I’ve been here for as long as I can remember, but I never thought it was…
The Ethics of Writing Trauma – from the author of “Please, be Sensitive” in Issue 40

In my story, I supplied characters that cared for my character and asked questions when she…