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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...

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Alex Tudoras Miravet

Closing The Cut

January 30, 2020

With one hand pressed over the gash above my left eye in an effort to provide some hemostasis, I hurriedly...

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Choices

January 22, 2020

They tell us we have options innumerable An unseen multiple choice test, and even Better - we do the grading...

Clinic Chronicles

January 14, 2020

“When does the Clinic open?” I hear amongst the bustle as I walk down the crowded aisles of beds at...

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Patience

November 8, 2019

Editor's note: Ninad Bhat's "Patience" took second place in the Synapse Storytelling Contest creative writing, poetry category. The room is...

Crazy Grad Stories

October 16, 2019

“I did a dose response curve using bleach. To my great delight, it worked perfectly! It was the most potent...

Ode to a Code Blue

October 14, 2019

My first day on rotations was your last day on earth. This morning when you woke up, did you think...

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Ain't No Fish

October 12, 2019

Sunday morning in Monterey Bay, no tail tip on the horizon so far. The conversation was about transgenic zebra fishes...

Trio for the Ages

October 3, 2019

We walked a few blocks from where we parked across a busy Van Ness littered with construction fences and orange...

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The First Time

September 21, 2019

Editor's note: Sikai Song's "The First Time" is the first place winner of the Synapse Storytelling Contest's personal essay category...