He takes care of his body well into his eighties. Then his brain betrays him, a stroke.
One Last Bite by L.C. Button
Category: Essays
An archive of all of the personal essays we’ve published at Hippocampus Magazine over the years.
Lai Lai Dance Hall by Shinichi Terada
The dance hall was like a cave, the dim light obscuring its guests.
Braiding Shapes by Gabriella Graceffo
After the divorce, my father teaches me how to braid bread.
Dispatched from the Ice by Whitney Brown
I had joined a group of about 20 people, mostly archaeologists, at a location we all promised not to disclose.
Alone and Adrift in a Birthing Tub by Elizabeth Savage
The warm water lapped at my enormous belly as I leaned back and attempted to float.
Illiterati by Luke Reiter
Lately, I’ve been having a lot of trouble with Ks.
The Toughest Texan by Brian Lee Knopp
The phone messages had been intriguing. Funny, even.
Willy: One in Ten by Beth Ann Mathews
I was training to be the swing keeper at Mesker Park Zoo in Evansville, Indiana….
The Shape of Grief by Melanie Faranello
We were sixteen and we knew everything. It was 1989….
Ringing in the Rain by Callie Arnold Dinolfo
… despite the evidence around me, the evidence I have co-created, a proposal feels abstract, far off.
