Earlier today, they cut the growth from my throat.
Mass by Craig Holt
Category: Essays
An archive of all of the personal essays we’ve published at Hippocampus Magazine over the years.
Ghostcard by Ann de Forest
My sister lives outside of Seattle and has never been to Italy. This postcard came from elsewhere.
Heart Broken by Jade Lin
When I was seven, the pediatrician caught an irregular heartbeat thumping in my chest.
Decomposition by Sara Mann
The night before my mother died, I sat on a stool beside her bed writing the artist statement for her last show.
Cats Gymnastics by Brittany Ackerman
No one had ever had a birthday party like mine. I was allowed to invite ten girls from my fifth-grade class to an overnight party at Cats Gymnastics.
St. Anthony’s Mistake by Olivia Flaherty-Lovy
Last fall, I learned my mother had stopped praying.
In the Senate We Read Dante and I Loved Him by Donovan Dennis
We — the U.S. Senate’s thirty teenage pages—were divided according to our sponsoring senator’s party.
My Mother’s Bath Time Story by Yuko Iida Frost
In the early evening, my mother and father packed soap and towels into their wooden buckets, we slipped on our winter jackets, and the three of us walked to the nearest bath house.
I’m OK by Harrison Reed
When the world shut down, we made Old Fashioneds.
Seder Night by Sabena Stark
One of us was going to get smacked. My sister Susie and I knew it and were kicking each other under the table to keep from laughing..
