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  • Issue 35 and Sudden Fiction Contest Winners!

    Issue 35 and Sudden Fiction Contest Winners!

    The staff of the Berkeley Fiction Review is pleased to announce the winners of our 19th…

  • On Brevity, in Writing

    On Brevity, in Writing

    Teachers always told me to write like Hemingway. With that lesson in mind, I feel the…

  • Short Story: Attempts

    Short Story: Attempts

    A pop, a rattle and a shake. I hear the all too familiar sounds. Pop, rattle…

  • Short Story Excerpt: Harper

    Short Story Excerpt: Harper

    The trees are wet. Joey can see this through the small window of his room. For…

  • Short Story: The Beltane Fire

    Short Story: The Beltane Fire

    Ritsa watched the witches gather. The yew forest behind the hills bordered an absurd shade of…

  • Artwork: Whose woods these are I think I know…

    Artwork: Whose woods these are I think I know…

    While it’s easy to forget stories, their details, characters, and perhaps even the imagery so painstakingly…

  • Short Story: Where She Belongs

    Short Story: Where She Belongs

    He fell in love with her sitting on a park bench. Her skirt, decorated with small…

  • Postcards from an Offbeat Paradise

    Postcards from an Offbeat Paradise

    Driving town to town, I see little beauties and tiny facets that make and break the…

  • Short Story: Heat Stroke

    Short Story: Heat Stroke

    The sun scoured the football field for his next victim. He had a decent amount of…

  • Short Story: Motivation

    Short Story: Motivation

    She stared at the computer screen, at the cursor that continuously blinked in and out of…

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