The chain-link gate behind me squealed and my dad appeared at my side, stinking of chlorine.
Swimming Pool Blues by Brian Koukol
Category: Essays
An archive of all of the personal essays we’ve published at Hippocampus Magazine over the years.
The Warsaw Ghetto Boy by Sharon Goldman
In the famous black-and-white photo, the boy’s arms are raised above his head in surrender…
New Love Letter by Keely O’Connell
When you got on the plane to leave Alaska, you left me […] holding a banjo case with a gun in it.
Studying the Dystopian Novel During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Kaylie Jones
Dystopian fiction is a warning bell tolling in the distance, urging us to pay attention…
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.
Wild Medicine by Rachel Bunting
This hawk is the first really wild thing I have touched.
Call Me Master by Kate Sheridan
He ate mustard straight from the jar, guzzling big sloppy spoonfuls like they were chocolate.
Daddy Doesn’t Do Courthouses by Stuart Horwitz
I was a waiter. Well, really, I was a writer.
