Something solid and heavy struck the front of my Honda and slid up over the windshield, thumping and scratching as it slid along the top of the car.
Grace by A Lyn Carol
Category: Essays
An archive of all of the personal essays we’ve published at Hippocampus Magazine over the years.
It’ll Come When it Comes by Jeffrey Weinstock
For the three years, one month and nine days following my mother’s stroke, fear and anxiety had been my constant, unwavering companions.
A Leap into the Sky by Amanda Medress
Jonah arrived sweaty and breathless, holding a bike. Only the daring biked in Los Angeles.
Hands on My Belly by Sarah Baughman
I wake to a bloom the color of a wet rose on the sheet. I thought I’d dreamt it but, no, there I am, running to the bathroom…
Heart Failure by Rocky Lewis
When the phone rings and I see Nora’s picture, I take deep breath and let go of my day’s plans.
Mapping the Body by Jeanne Lyet Gassman
Begin at the scalp near the part on the left side where all truths reside, where the gray is camouflaged by the careful application of chemicals.
The Claw by Spencer Fleury
I’d been warned about the smell—some of the old-timers called them “stinkies,” which, even at the time, I thought was unfair…
A Friend Home From War by Adam Gianforcaro
He was three minutes late for the interview we scheduled. His military-wired clocks had been blinking twelve hundred hours for nearly two years by then.
Saudade by Lesley Heiser
… it had been six sharp when they ascended the platform, she in a $50 dress that she’d spotted in a hotel gift shop…
Wonder by Leslie Tucker
…my lifetime of church attendance halted abruptly at age seventeen when we read Being and Nothingness in my honors lit class.
