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Sinthesis
Sinthesis isn’t rebellion.
It’s ritual.
An all-female network built in silence, sealed in secrecy, and sharpened by years of brutality.
Farewells are sacred. Trophies are kept. And once you’re bound, you’re part of something bigger, something final.
Kara doesn’t mean to find it.
She’s just looking for meaning, for something to belong to.
What she finds is poised, unreachable, and already inside her head.
What starts as curiosity turns into obsession.
What feels like purpose turns into performance.
And Kara doesn’t realize she’s being dismantled—until she thanks Calista for it.
Grotesque and dripping with psychological decay,
Every farewell is a performance.
Every death, a masterpiece.
A Shakespearean tragedy written by the feminine divine.
Filed under ritual, obsession, and feminist bloodletting.
It’s ritual.
An all-female network built in silence, sealed in secrecy, and sharpened by years of brutality.
Farewells are sacred. Trophies are kept. And once you’re bound, you’re part of something bigger, something final.
Kara doesn’t mean to find it.
She’s just looking for meaning, for something to belong to.
What she finds is poised, unreachable, and already inside her head.
What starts as curiosity turns into obsession.
What feels like purpose turns into performance.
And Kara doesn’t realize she’s being dismantled—until she thanks Calista for it.
Grotesque and dripping with psychological decay,
Every farewell is a performance.
Every death, a masterpiece.
A Shakespearean tragedy written by the feminine divine.
Filed under ritual, obsession, and feminist bloodletting.
350 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 29, 2025
About the author
Jessa Riot
10 books22 followersJessa has spent her life in the theatre studying the power of words. In response to the pandemic halting live performances, coupled with a devastating hurricane, she leaned into the unexpected change. Shifting into a less demanding phase of life, Jessa decided to explore one of the few interests she had always been too busy to pursue. Writing. As a former director and actor, manipulating language into a story and dialogue not intended to be performed, has created a welcome challenge. Always unapologetic and introspective, her art explores the dark, dirty, and depraved humanity lurking within us all.
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March 16, 2026
I loved this story. This is the splatterpunk I live for--femme rage, philosophical discourse and plenty of gory bits.
Sinthesis is a secret society, predominantly women, led by the goddess figure Calista, who attain justice on insufferable, toxic men. As the preface states, this story is a giant fuck you to the "not all men" losers. Is the story anti-man? No. There are good men in the story, just as there are selfish women. But it shines a light on how toxic masculinity takes many forms beyond the rapists and abusers. And women's only recourse? Secret justice, both torturous and apropos of their crimes. The ways which these women torture the men are often fantastical and awe-inspiring. Also 1000 bonus points for the amalgamative Shakespeare play.
Sinthesis is a secret society, predominantly women, led by the goddess figure Calista, who attain justice on insufferable, toxic men. As the preface states, this story is a giant fuck you to the "not all men" losers. Is the story anti-man? No. There are good men in the story, just as there are selfish women. But it shines a light on how toxic masculinity takes many forms beyond the rapists and abusers. And women's only recourse? Secret justice, both torturous and apropos of their crimes. The ways which these women torture the men are often fantastical and awe-inspiring. Also 1000 bonus points for the amalgamative Shakespeare play.
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