HVHA
Have you ever felt your heart beat align with the kick? Or the hits make your eardrums tickle, the special fx give life to a film-like vignette?
Do We Fit?
Sometimes being with you feels like being a pearl with a crescent moon. There is a hollow, warm and safe...
My First Patient
Your head is wrapped in sheets of cloth. I have never seen your eyes But I do wonder what your...
10:45 a.m.
This submission earned an honorable mention in the Synapse Storytelling Contest creative writing category. A faint buzzing, accompanied by the...
Words of Advice to My First-Year Self
This submission earned Amber Por third place in the Synapse Storytelling Contest creative writing category. I’m still figuring out the...
Mason
Ben Mansky's "Mason" won second place in the Storytelling Contest photography category. Years ago, I was walking around North Beach...
Going Back to the Start of Today
This submission won second place in the Synapse Storytelling Contest's personal essay category. I step off the plane into the...
Abscission
This submission won second place in the Synapse Storytelling Contest creative writing category. Child, I lay him supine upon the...
Broken Hearts
It was my first day off after a string of emergency department shifts as sub-intern, and I was sad. I...
They Tell Me 'Go Home'
This submission earned Nina Escueta the first place winner of the Storytelling Contest's creative writing category. Mangoes, ripe and green...