I decided early on that I was going to write my stories...in my own voice, my own words, with my own sense of humor and my own actual grammar and peculiarities of speech… everything exactly the way I would tell it.
Kaleidoscopic Chaos: Interview with Cora Ballek, author of “The Last Snowfall” and Sudden Fiction winner
You never know what the next scenario is going to be, is it going to be something innocent like, oh, the parents let their kids play in the snow and let them live joyfully, or is it going to be nature wiping out humanity?
The Drive to the Crematorium
On the drive to the crematorium, I think I make peace with your death.
Pizza Talk
This is probably why I want him to impregnate me, so my kid won’t have to suffer, and, in turn, I won’t have to suffer.
Auteur Theory
Dripping in the color, she was sci-fi sanctified, alien and clean.
Drive-In
We both paused and stared at the screen in time for a bomb to burst, engulfing everything in white.
American Ginseng
She says, “I have to. This is, like, my last chance, you know?”
Memories of Nobody
How time had passed and made fools out of us.
2021 Sudden Fiction Contest Winners!
We're thrilled to announce the winners and honorary mention of our 2021 Sudden Fiction Contest! Read more to find out who won!
2021 Sudden Fiction Contest Shortlist
The shortlist for our 2021 Sudden Fiction Contest is out! Read to find out what we sent our judges.
BERKELEY FICTION REVIEW 