immediately turned to Google … One of the first people I looked for was Bert. He had been my great love in college…
American Buffalo by Melissa Walker
Category: Essays
An archive of all of the personal essays we’ve published at Hippocampus Magazine over the years.
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.
Photographs by Tasia M. Hane
“Your mother’s dead,” he says to the answering machine. “I didn’t kill her.”
The Sound Sleep of a Water Diviner by Shebana Coelho
I never knew my grandfather, but I grew up with his ghost. This ghost, I imagined, was the reason for the rattling sounds in the kitchen at midnight.
Gummed Up by Steven Flam
We were scrounging for bottles, Keller and I, through the debris of rusted cans, shattered glass, and old tires.
Blue-Eyed Devil by Jenny Cutler Lopez
I failed a homeless girl on the coast of India. No one knows. Not even the girl.
Split End by Kirsten Voris
I watched the sunlight slide along the wall and considered other jobs I might apply for. Around its zenith, the sun illuminated a hair.
BKK by Leigh Hellman
I …exited the subway station … walking the way that Chicago raised me to. Eyes forward: cold, glassy, seeing everything and noticing no one. No smile, no teeth.
The Other F Word by Elane Johnson
Serial cheating on most of my husbands? A handful of suicide attempts? Shopping at Walmart? Check, check and check. But there is one…guilty pleasure I’ve guarded with my life.
Dick Jokes and Dirty Puns by Dana Sitar
It started during my divorce. I was lonely and bored and needed a cheap pick-me-up before I could go home after work.
