Berkeley Fiction Review

Homestead

Harvest day is the most important day of the week.
Versos de mi Alma

I am sitting in my mother’s red Bonneville station wagon. Mamá’s hair is still black and…
Coral Street

“Something moved across the street. Between the rows of the first and second floor windows something…
Cues

This is your stage manager. If you haven’t already, please sign in. My attention flips between…
Les Chanteurs

“Sometimes, when your windows are open, I hear you singing.”
A Box of Ingredients: Interview with Beth Piatote, Sudden Fiction Guest Judge and Author of The Beadworkers: Stories

I think about other Native people who may read that piece and can, through the piece,…
“Short, colorful, Twilight Zone-y Tales”: An interview with Ben Loory, Sudden Fiction guest judge and author of Tales of Falling and Flying

I decided early on that I was going to write my stories…in my own voice, my…
On Writing Stories and Ourselves: A Review of Old School by Tobias Wolff

If there is one thing that Old School excels in, it is the raw depiction of…
Everyday Strength and Struggle: Review of Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. Montgomery

When we “keep faith” in the face of catastrophe, we discover new strength within ourselves to…
The Drive to the Crematorium

On the drive to the crematorium, I think I make peace with your death.