I am opening the last boxes of my parents’ personal papers, boxes I’ve carted with me on many moves.
I Thought I Knew Them by Nancy Barnes
Category: Essays
An archive of all of the personal essays we’ve published at Hippocampus Magazine over the years.
He Looked Small by Mallory Olivia Taylor
He looked small in his hospital bed. No smaller than usual, but still, the nurses must have considered him a small man.
The Capacity of a Human by Linda Anne Silver
…the need comes after our fifty-year-old daughter dies on a midsummer’s morning and we are numb: wanting to flee the sadness, not knowing how to move forward.
The Kill Switch by Michelle Willms
It surprised me to see Michael standing beside me one day, his unfinished project in hand.
Why I’ve Never Read The Secret Garden by Joyce Tomlinson
On Christmas Eve 1964, a month after he’d eloped, my father and his young bride Donna picked me up for a family party…
What You Do in a Coup by Kelly Hevel
It’s 10:30 p.m. on a Friday and Jenny and Chloe, who rarely message me, are both texting to ask if I know what the hell is going on.
Horse Girl by Sophie Newman
Traci was a purist in her approach and believed the art of riding should be learned without a saddle or bridle or any other kind of tack.
What Mother Means by Anne Colwell
It happened in the apartment in Inwood, Upper Manhattan, before they’d moved to the row house in Queens.
The Body by Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
The interior of the sanctuary is dark as I stand in my pew, head bowed. Plates of wafers and thimble-sized cups of grape juice pass between the rows.
Citrus Trees by Lucinda Cummings
A gray April morning, it snowed again yesterday, as it has every Thursday for the past four weeks.
