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Tag: short fiction

February 22, 2021February 20, 2021 Berkeley Fiction Review Fiction

Homecoming

I was just taking some time off, I told myself. From college. But more and more it felt like from life.

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 Berkeley Fiction Review Fiction

Trespassing

Whenever they drove past in the car on the way to the next town over, all he saw was a bare expanse of crumbling gray stones stretching out like a long-emptied riverbed behind the warped fencing with all its warnings.

December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 Berkeley Fiction Review Fiction

To Be Generous

When Amy whispered in Russ’s ear that what he wanted her to do would cost him fifty bucks, she meant it to be sexy.

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 Berkeley Fiction Review Fiction

Perfume and Cigarettes

Mrs. Marion heard Ronnie’s car turn into the driveway, and then shortly afterward the top of its hood slid into view out the kitchen window, breaking her concentration. A sour rush of annoyance spurted into her face like a grease explosion.

November 18, 2020November 16, 2020 Berkeley Fiction Review Fiction

In the Name of the Son

His mind raced over a series of firsts. The first time he used a men’s room; the first time a man took him for another man; the first time a woman did, and the first time one flirted with him; the first time he introduced himself with his new male name.

November 11, 2020November 11, 2020 Berkeley Fiction Review Fiction

Spectators

The world raced by in the opposite direction, a dazzling blur of sun-kissed blues and greens and browns. The sound was an ever-crashing wave. The driver’s eyes darted back and forth between the road and the rearview mirror. “Tell me something,” he said. “You have children?”

October 19, 2020October 19, 2020 Alex Jiménez Commentaries

Read Your Fear: Short Stories to Get You into the Halloween Spirit

My year-round default pastime of choice is reading horror fiction. Thus, you can imagine my excitement when October comes around and horror recommendations are in demand for 31 delightful days.

October 7, 2020October 31, 2020 Regina Lim Book Reviews

Unsettling Glimpses into Other Worlds: Review of Mannequin & Wife by Jen Fawkes

The collection undertakes—with some success—the difficult job of creating stories that delight while carrying unsettling premises and undertones.

September 28, 2020September 28, 2020 Berkeley Fiction Review Fiction

Abandoned Things

I’ve been here for as long as I can remember, but I never thought it was lonely. The shadows of Tall buildings follow me around all day and give me little reminders.

September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 Berkeley Fiction Review Fiction

Please, Be Sensitive

I finish telling my therapist about the assault. She takes the time to write the last part. The silence is oddly comforting.

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