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Best of the Storytelling Contest

K the Martian

[Second place winner in the Synapse Storytelling Contest's fiction category.] There was once a small Martian called K who was born with a green pimple in the middle of his forehead. He was from Bufalluna, a small town at the edge of what used to be the Tramuntor Sea, at least that’s what the Elders...

October 13, 2026

Alex Tudoras Miravet

A Pyrex dish of stew sitting in a dim apartment hallway, with a thin trail of ants approaching it.

These Days, Who Knows?

September 15, 2026

Sophie Kakarala

[First place winner of the Synapse Storytelling Contest Fiction category.] Phoebe, panting hard, let the door slam behind her and...

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Mary in Heaven

September 23, 2025

Pedro Silvestre Marra

[First place winner of the Synapse Storytelling Contest Fiction category.] The experience of dying can vary greatly. Some see a...

Couple

Halfway

February 25, 2025

Siddharthasiva Anbu Rajan

SAM: Why should I be the one to back down? Jamie knows very well that I am right. There is...

Peaches painting.

Little Peaches Become Big Trees

November 12, 2024

Jocelyne Fadiga

“Thumthump, thumthump, thumthump” the footsteps were getting louder and closer. “He is coming towards the kitchen” exclaimed Suzy at the...

Woman at podium looking nervous.

Awards Night

October 29, 2024

[Third place winner in the Synapse Storytelling fiction category.] The auditorium was completely full. The breath of thousands rose and...

Rendering of a stage.

Death of an Author

October 8, 2024

Drew Despereaux

[Storytelling contest second place winner for fiction.] Content warning: gore and self-harm I look towards the stage where a tall...

Post apocalyptic San Francisco.

Trauma Junkie

September 17, 2024

[ First place winner in the Synapse Storytelling Contest for Fiction.] It’s Christmastime, and over the hills, in the faraway...