This is about math, plain and simple, and biology, not at all plain and not at all simple.
The Improbability of Me (and You) by David R. Bowne
Category: Essays
An archive of all of the personal essays we’ve published at Hippocampus Magazine over the years.
Helix by Anne Gudger
Bare feet in the cool of sand. We stood almost pinky toe to pinky toe, pale pink polish (hers) to cobalt blue (mine).
Taunting the Abyss by Y.L. Fein
Cancer drove me. Seven years after the event I still couldn’t say the word. Neither could my friends, at least not to my face.
Baptism by Fire by Gwen Erkonen
My pager alarms and the number in the display is one I’ve never seen before.
Pulp by Sarah Morris
No fingers or toes or pupils or teeth or hair. Just a heartbeat. Supposedly.
Some Sort of Union by Nina Boutsikaris
When she woke in the air force paramedic’s bed, a weak, warm light was spilling through the narrow window that spanned the length of the bedroom.
Winter and Other Seasons by Blake Fugler
“Why do you only cry when you’re sleeping?” I ask her. Her eyes are purple and bruised from lack of rest.
Red Clay Castles by Jennifer Watkins
Six o’clock on a Friday, and blue skies give way to orange. On hot bricks, Mama sits smoking, flicking red-tipped butts into bushes.
Economics of Loss by Shamae Budd
In college, I owned a frog—an Indonesian White’s treefrog: plump and squishy, green skin pulled taut over delicate, angular leg bones and the tiny vertebrae of the spine.
The After Party by Martha Polk
Mom’s boyfriend collapsed at the party. Eyes closed, head slumped against his shoulder; his face was sallow, but that’s not what shocked me.
