Berkeley Fiction Review

Writing for Non-Writers: or How to Free-Write Free Will

There is a common misconception that a writer is a particular sort of person. That being…
Short Story: Street Signs in Sarajevo

To almost all pedestrians, the cobblestone streets were most charming in the lamplight of evening. They…
Art: Of the Places We’ll Go

The following two pieces are part of a four-piece series titled Of the Places We’ll Go.…
Essay: The Art of Letterpress

Writing is an art. The creative process takes time and skill to perfect and the product,…
A Moment of Reflection, with David Foster Wallace

Four of us sit on the back stoop of our cabin, at the precipice between forest…
Short Fiction: Dynamic Tension

It started in her fingers. Marie could feel the joints constricting and solidifying under her skin.…
Short Fiction: Sudden Intake

Edging her way along the baseboard, the spider looked for a new place to nest. After…
Short Fiction: Dockside

Mom is sitting on the couch again. She’s been doing this lately. “Fishing,” she calls it,…
Reading Murakami

There is something that happens almost every time I finish a Haruki Murakami story—something that I…
Short Fiction: I Said Hello

I have a talent for recognizing faces in the crowd while remaining a face in the…