Category: Essays

An archive of all of the personal essays we’ve published at Hippocampus Magazine over the years.

Falling for You, City

fountain in center of granada with palm trees and churc in background

All day it’s been hot; you can’t walk from the market to your room—just three blocks in total—without needing a shower at the end of it. Why isn’t anyone else dripping with sweat, you wonder as you walk as slowly as you can down the shady side of the street.