The Essential Ernio
a list of collected works by Ernio Hernandez

Nonfiction | Fiction | Poetry | Humor | Art | Culture
stories with audio are denoted with a 🎧
Nonfiction
- 42 Moments in My Life with Teary Eyes
- Pain: When the Heart Sinks
- “I got you”
- How to Be a Father
- How to Be a Father… (continued)
- The First Cry
- Lessons from a Fire Escape
- Small Adventures in Taking Out the Trash
- I Got Mugged for My 18th Birthday
- Tim Curry Terrorized My Childhood
- Groove Is In My Heart 🎧
- Interview with My 4 Year-Old Daughter 🎧
- My Cravings = My Childhood
- No, I Don’t Speak Spanish
- I Don’t Write A Lot About My Mother
- Hey From Your Writer Friend
- Papa Bear
- Family | Medical | History
- Started from My Bottom, Now We’re Here
- Hey Girl
- A Happy Memory for an Otherwise Somber Birthday
- Daddy ‘nandez’
Fiction
Short Stories:
- I Noticed You Unfriended Me
- I Named My Sadness Bernie
- I Was Sober Enough
- Kiss me, Hurt me, Daddy
- The Last Thing Grandpa Told Me
- “I know you’re not really Santa…”
- Supermoon of Supermoons
- A Stranger in My Bedroom
- Made My Heart Race
- Blackout | Dissolve
- Messages on Her Phone
- Me and My Moon Man
Plays:
- The Middle of Things
- Ajar, by the Door
- Translation by
- My Condolences
- Thank You All for Coming | Last Words
- The Last Call
- One Swipe Left
- First 5 Pages of My “The Lego Bill Murray Movie” Spec Script
Flash Fiction:
- A life in timeline.
- A Flash of Color
- In Others’ Shoes
- Faces Down
- Square Penguin in a Round Hole
- EL HUEVO STUPENDO
Poetry
away with words (poems by Ernio Hernandez) ©2016-2017
- To-Do List for a Kid
- It Just Takes
- Woman Asleep | Woman Amorous | Woman Maternal | Woman Alive
- Blood Heart 🎧
- just listen to you speak
- The night our stars aligned
- Deplorable Adorable 🎧
- Chiquitico 🎧
- The Unexplainable Thing About Love
- A Pocketful of Pick-Me-Ups
- Push
- love being
- The moment you fell off the bed
- i Watch
- L_ T_ R_
- I wrote this down.
Humor
- The Only 7 Things You Should Do Before 7AM
- Hey… Can We Talk?
- New Year, New Ewe
- A Meditation for Writers
- Hey There, Grey Chest Hair
- “Big Poppa” Lyrics for the Erudite 🎧
- My Social Media End of Days
- The Deep Sexy Vocals of “End of the Road” in Shakespearean English
- I-Can’t-Stand, Stand-I-Can’t, That Seth Rogen, Man!
- An Open Rejection Letter
- insect inside
- Dear New Jersey,
Art
- Square Penguin in a Round Hole
- Morning Affirmations … & Self-Deprecations 🎧
- Men Who Shaped Me (…in Shapes)
- We Are Strong: Women of ’80s Pop Music
- Ten Dark… | Ten Sharp…| Ten Deep… 10-Word Stories
- My Cravings = My Childhood
- EL HUEVO STUPENDO
- Faces Down | Faces Written Down | 50 Faces, Drawn Too
- insect inside
- Women: Power
- “I Hope You Dance” | I’m Only Human | “Send My Love…”
- A Sordid Fruit
Culture
- How’s Jim Carrey Going to End?
- Tim Curry Terrorized My Childhood
- The Mental Health Benefits of Missy Elliott’s “Work It”
- Amber heard, Jeremy irons & Other Names that are Just Very Short Stories
- ’80s Stars with Three Names
- A Breath of Fresh Hair
- I-Can’t-Stand, Stand-I-Can’t, That Seth Rogen, Man!
- Does Matt Damon Have Any Thoughts on the Matter