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I am losing the pregnancy when the kittens arrive.
The Subtle Art of Silliness: How Children’s Media Can Heal our Inner Child

Do you ever wonder why there seems to be a timeless essence to the stories little…
“Unapologetically Brown and Unapologetically South Asian”: A Review of The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar

In Adiba Jaigirdar’s The Henna Wars, Bengali teenager Nishat decides to come out as a lesbian…
A Love Letter to Slasher Cinema: A Review of My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

A horror novel should hold my attention sooner than eighty percent of the way through the…
Anything that Shines

There’s an our kind and a their kind.
Editors’ Most Anticipated: Spring 2021

This Spring, the editorial team at the Berkeley Fiction Review wanted to highlight a selection of…
Multiple Deterrents

I know what Venita does. I’m not stupid. She doesn’t know I know, the fragrances of…
Nurture

Out here, she knew, was his sanctuary, away from his daughter’s problems. Here, only these more…
Homecoming

I was just taking some time off, I told myself. From college. But more and more…
Comfort Books: What Are They and Why Are They Important?

A comfort book is just as the name suggests: a personally significant piece of literature, typically…