One of the local newspaper pages that I like posted a link to their latest article, and I would have scrolled right past it if I hadn’t seen the word “Montvale.”
The Mother of Pentacles by Sarah Malley
Enough by Carroll Sandel
My ex-brother-in-law, Andy, was my opposite. At a gangly six feet, five inches tall, Andy meandered when he walked and rambled about every imaginable subject
We Killed a Nun by Nicole Quinn
We killed Sister Cordelia sometime our first year at the Convent. She was old, old enough to die, too old to teach fourth grade mathematics.
Interview: A Conversation with D Watkins by Rachael Marks
On the overnight train to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, last month, I tormented my tired seatmate by keeping the overhead light on and sifting through a stack of printed pages, scrawling illegible notes in the margins and occasionally snorting at something that I found funny, or horrifying, or both. These were essays written by Baltimorean struggler-turned-literary-supernova, D…
Review: In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeanette by Hampton Sides
Sides writes: “The scenery grew more impressive: ice-gouged fjords, towering bergs calved fresh from the glaciers, the crisp sound of cold surf lapping against the pack, ringed seals peeking through the ice,
Judges Announced for 2015 Remember in November Contest for Creative Nonfiction: Burns, Lennon and Alise Drew to Select Winner
We’re pleased to announce the guest judges in the 2015 Remember in November Contest for Creative Nonfiction, which will award a grand prize of $1,000. As is tradition, our most recent winner is part of the panel. The Hippocampus Magazine staff will narrow down all submissions to five finalists; from there, the guest judges take…
Fog Man by Georgia Kreiger
The nurse stares down at me and tells me to slow down, asks me if I know the Fog Man’s name. I say no….
Appearances by Christine Ritenis
What most surprised me when I encountered Frank, the man who’d raped me twenty-eight years earlier, was that I wondered if he still found me attractive.
Fractures by Kerry Folan
The day after I turned thirty-three, I tripped on the sidewalk on Nostrand Avenue, a block from my apartment in Brooklyn, and broke both my arms.
Death and a Missed Morning Coffee by Laura Johnson Dahlke
When a young woman dies in an automobile accident, someone knows what to do.
