[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 ...
The 2024 Synapse Storytelling Contest submissions surpassed all expectations — from gorgeous landscape photography to heartrending personal essays, from campy gore to coming of age stories, this ...
[First place winner in the Synapse Storytelling Contest nonfiction category.] The morning of October 17, the soft blue light of daybreak lingered around the PICU. I lingered too, searching for a ...
As a middle- and high- schooler in the early stages of identity formation, I struggled with self-confidence; I had crippling stage fright and awkward social skills. As a pre-med undergraduate in ...