“Haunting” Featured Artist Elizabeth Ohga
Synkroniciti is thrilled to welcome writer Elizabeth Ohga, based in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC, with her first published work, the gripping flash fiction “Ghosted,” which we nominated for …
“Broken” Featured Artist Lissa Staples
Synkroniciti is thrilled to welcome “Broken” short story contest winner Lissa Staples, currently based in Colorado. “The Month of Drowning” tells the story of an almost fourteen-year-old girl watching her …
“Broken” Featured Artist Deanna Lernihan
Please join Synkroniciti in welcoming poet Deanna Lernihan, a powerful new voice based in Michigan. “I Called Her Sister” draws on Deanna’s experiences in suicide prevention and mental health. Those …
“Broken” Featured Artist David Holper
Synkroniciti is pleased to welcome back California poet David Holper with “The Earthquake,” which won our poetry contest on the “Broken” theme. Reaching from personal tragedy, an earthquake at Christmas …
David Holper’s “The Earthquake” Wins Synkroniciti’s “Broken” Poetry Contest
Synkroniciti is excited to announce the winner of our “Broken” poetry contest, “The Earthquake” by David Holper. We had a strong response to our “Broken” theme (another record number of …
Synkroniciti’s “Broken” Short Story Winner, “The Month of Drowning” by Lissa Staples
Synkroniciti is thrilled to announce the winner of our “Broken” short story contest, “The Month of Drowning” by Lissa Staples. This was a wonderful field of short stories and it …
Quote for Today: Anna Akhmatova
You invented me. There is no such earthly being, Such an earthly being there could never be. A doctor cannot cure, a poet cannot comfort A shadowy apparition haunts you …
Quote for Today: Aristotle
Tragedy, then, is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude; in language embellished with each kind of artistic ornament, the several kinds being …
Quote for Today: Neil Gaiman
There are stories that are true, in which each individual’s tale is unique and tragic, and the worst of the tragedy is that we have heard it before, and we …
40 days of poetry: Day 34: Tidings by Czeslaw Milosz
Day 34: Today’s poem is Tidings by Czeslaw Milosz. It’s a beautiful poem about the beauty and tragedy of civilization. How can we even begin to define or describe it?