Berkeley Fiction Review

Finding Time to Read for Fun

As I’ve gotten older, busier, and generally more stressed, I’ve noticed something sad about myself: I…
Issue 36 and Sudden Fiction Contest Winners!

The staff of the Berkeley Fiction Review is pleased to announce the winners of our 20th…
A Pet’s Dilemma

I saw an orange cat yesterday, in the field out back. She strolled through the green…
Clamming

Low tide turns this Maine beach into a marsh. When I was six, I woke up…
Short Story: The View from Earth, Expanded

Let me tell you something about the Horsehead Nebula. It’s what scientists call an interstellar absorption,…
Sudden Fiction: Crossroads

I think getting hit by a suburban and a cement truck in the same day should…
Perfume

Last semester, I took a class on the forgotten literary art of the epistolary. To drive…
Sudden Fiction: Final Diagnosis

Kellen stood back and admired his work. He had decided that The Lion in the Glass…
Short Fiction: The Pediatrician

Edie Sussman, BFR Staff The small bell above the door rang sharply as Dr. Magellan and…
Short Fiction: The Family Man

Steve Flinton sat in an armchair and watched the morning news. He tried to hold his…