You’re sitting on the bus seat and the boys are trying to touch you. You’re staring forward telling yourself it’s not worth it to fight back.
Entries by Katie Mehrer
Category: Essays
An archive of all of the personal essays we’ve published at Hippocampus Magazine over the years.
Things My Mother Couldn’t Tell Me by Karen Lentz
Once upon a time, or so I imagine, a woman learned things from other women. Had I been born in an earlier age it was something on which I could have counted.
Coyote Fence by Lindsay Indermill
A coyote is not supposed to be licked on the nose. That’s the trouble with urban wildlife; no one knows where the boundaries are anymore.
Need a Haircut! by Carlo Frank Calo
Al the barber was a short, stocky man with a full head of curly grey hair which, due to his stash of green goop … was always slick and never out of place.
Missing Memories and Underpants by Jules Barrueco
My dad did not remember; my sister did not believe me. It was not the fuzzy family moment I was expecting.
When We Talk About Guns by James Stafford
I spent hours staring at my grandfather’s guns, wondering which ones killed soldiers and which killed the deer.
Written in Bone by Laura Spielvogel
My dad didn’t just want to play the flugelhorn, he wanted to perform on Carnegie stage; he didn’t simply tell his grandchildren bedtime stories, he self-published …
Why I Have Refrained From Burning Them by Caroline Praderio
These journals have been the friend who never rolls her eyes … the arms of my mother when she is far away.
Post. Wait. Delete. by Amy Braziller
Choose a picture, a flattering one, one that shows you smiling, hopeful…
Finding Rich in the Gulf of Alaska by John Unger
My heels were pressed into the mattress, and I was pushing against the headboard. A voice downstairs was calling my name …
