Cartoon image of aliens

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
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Seasons

February 21, 2021
Punam Patel
Taken during a weekend trip to Tahoe, this photograph illustrates serenity and the multiple seasons that coincide in California.
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Doctors attend to patient

Juxtaposition

February 8, 2021
This submission earned Amber Por an honorable mention in the Synapse Storytelling Contest creative writing category. Sunlight beams down Along...
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Old woman's hand

My First Patient

January 18, 2021
Amber Por
Your head is wrapped in sheets of cloth. I have never seen your eyes But I do wonder what your...
Typing on laptop

10:45 a.m.

January 11, 2021
Chinaza Ochi
This submission earned an honorable mention in the Synapse Storytelling Contest creative writing category. A faint buzzing, accompanied by the...
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Mason

November 7, 2020
Ben Mansky
Ben Mansky's "Mason" won second place in the Storytelling Contest photography category. Years ago, I was walking around North Beach...
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