A 6-year-old girl rushes into an emergency room (ER) on a gurney, her chest violently heaving as her lungs beg...

[Originally published in Synapse on November 3, 2011.] Two months ago, demonstrators began showing up at Wall Street to protest...

The refrain “In a healthy individual like you or me” is one I commonly hear as a medical student from...

[Originally published in Synapse on October 14, 1993.] Greg Hayner, PharmD (UCSF class of ‘77), has been working at the...

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

It’s been six months. Uncertain. Unknown. Unremitting concern. Sensitive nerves. Irritated nerves.

[First place winner in the Storytelling Contest poetry category.] the curve of the earth aligns to our body the heat...

[Originally published in Synapse on October 3, 1977.] For the past decade, vitamin C has been touted for the cure...

[First place winner in the Synapse Storytelling Contest nonfiction category.] The morning of October 17, the soft blue light of...

[Originally published in Synapse on September 22, 1988.] Our colleges and universities have come under highly critical consideration of late...

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

At the age of thirteen, my genetic disorder caused my growth to accelerate, leading to an unusually tall stature. My...

[Originally published in Synapse on September 24, 1987.] On Sept. 12, the University of California Student Association voted overwhelmingly to...

The 2024 Synapse Storytelling Contest submissions surpassed all expectations — from gorgeous landscape photography to heartrending personal essays, from campy...

[Originally published in Synapse on Sept. 14, 1989.] Friday evening Sept. 8 was opening night at the San Francisco Opera...