Good punk rock should pummel you like a panic attack – forcing your glands to scream adrenaline, bringing a sour sweat and a manic itch to the skin.
An Evening of Extraordinary Circumstance by Heather Rick
Category: Essays
An archive of all of the personal essays we’ve published at Hippocampus Magazine over the years.
The Flip Side by Lori A. May
He was a record rep for the area promoting new releases to local music shops, handing out review copies to the press, and coordinating with venues before, during, and after shows. We became friends when I was a review junkie…
A Piece for Assorted Lunatics by Anne Clendening
The Dark Side of the Moon. Brilliant. Psychedelic. Mad genius. My brother and I would sit on the floor, fixated on the iconic graphic on the cover: A prism with a spectrum of colors emerging.
Toothbrush by MT Cozzola
“You have got to be kidding me.” We’re standing in Mom’s bathroom, my brother David and I, tugging on opposite ends of a toothbrush. Until two days ago, we called this Dad’s bathroom, even years after he died.
The Shangri-La That Isn’t by Jennifer Tuman
Heat and flies. Flies landing on my head, my arm, my plate, my food. Flies I have to constantly flick away while I eat.
In Transit by Heather Rick
..Devin was the only person I knew with an actual job. Granted, he stocked children’s rollerblades and cans of tennis balls in the sports department of some Walmart … Still, it was enough for him to be a swaggering minimum-wage retail sugar daddy …
A New Year by Curtis Smith
My son runs into the living room. He wears the tuxedo he received last Christmas, the cuffs now high above his wrists. It’s New Year’s Eve, and I keep an eye on the clock.
Brotherly Love by Joseph Edwin Haeger
My friend Dan texted me to ask if I remembered Sid. I replied, “Of course I remembered Sid. Why?”
A First Job by Nathan Leslie
My father gave me my first real job. I was happy to accept the grace of nepotism.
Deceptions by Bryce Journey
I worked at the Dakota Watch Company because Stacy was cute.
