HippoCamp 2021: A Conference for Creative Nonfiction Writers is Aug. 13-15 in Lancaster, PA, produced by Hippocampus Magazine.
The Fragility of Bowls by Gwen L. Martin
She is ninety-one, bedridden at home, and dying of congestive heart failure.
Curiously Colored & Timely Animals + Other Things Forgotten Post Surgery by Paul Rousseau
The clamp attaches to the operating table to hold the head absolutely still…
Thirteen by Claire Sicherman
It’s the summer you turn thirteen when we travel to Prague to visit our ancestors.
My Grandma Picks Fights with the Contestants on The Price is Right by K.B. Carle
She wears Lederhosen though she doesn’t know it’s Lederhosen.
Back Seat by Brian Benson
I sit, quiet, clutching my bony elbows, watching Jason’s dark arm hairs dance in the wind…
Wild Medicine by Rachel Bunting
This hawk is the first really wild thing I have touched.
A Measure of Men by SJ Sindu
The first time I dressed in men’s clothes, I looked in the mirror and cried.
Shadows by Abigail Rose
Before our parents’ broken marriage separated you and me and I no longer called you my step-brother…
Call Me Master by Kate Sheridan
He ate mustard straight from the jar, guzzling big sloppy spoonfuls like they were chocolate.
