The display flashed “Great workout!” and a sense of dread dug its claws deep in my belly. I stepped off the treadmill feeling like I was still moving, my heart doing that flutter thing again.
Until Gwen by Tina Mortimer
Category: Essays
An archive of all of the personal essays we’ve published at Hippocampus Magazine over the years.
A Temporary Shelf-Life by Sean Gill
One day, as we were perusing the want-ads in the Village Voice, my sister remarked that in spite of four college degrees between us, neither was qualified to work a New York City car wash.
Tiny Baby’s Great Escape by Eric Day
When I was thirteen I wanted to be Steve McQueen in The Great Escape, acting alone and vexing the authorities, German or otherwise
Airplanes and Heartbreak by Julie Wiencek
I can’t do this for much longer, and by this, I mean you. The radiant silences and the incisive looks, avoiding your eyes, darting mine.
The Mother of Pentacles by Sarah Malley
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.”
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.
Santa Muerte by Jason Arment
…the middle school segregated lunch and recess by gender because of problems with kids making out and mooning cars…
American Buffalo by Melissa Walker
immediately turned to Google … One of the first people I looked for was Bert. He had been my great love in college…
Talisman by Ellie Stewart
The day after she died, as the van waited outside, they asked us what we would like her to be wearing when she was buried.
