Essays

Hagoth favors essays that can trace their lineage back to Michel de Montaigne; whether narrative, analytical, or devotional, these essays lean ruminative, conversational, meandering, impressionistic, and are reluctant to wax didactic. But that doesn’t mean you won’t find the occasional poem or piece of fiction here as well.

Art-Cards at the Church History Museum Portrait Gallery

Jacob Bender January 2, 2024

A completely 100% original and never-before-done writing idea with absolutely no prior precedence.

On Coffee and TV, by Blur

Will Swenson December 30, 2023

We can start over again.

A Dead Thing

Laura Nivis December 25, 2023

A Christmas Tree is of course a dead thing

Weird Al’s Christmas At Ground Zero

Hagoth December 22, 2023

And one last Christmas carol to confusingly be both.

John Prine’s Christmas in Prison

Christian Richards December 19, 2023

And another to depress you again.

Dum Dum Girls’ Christmas Tracks

Patty Ortiz December 16, 2023

Some more obscure gems to liven up your Christmas party playlist.

Book Excerpt Rerun: Reviews for Nonexistent Films

Eric Goulden Kimball December 14, 2023

Since the Star Wars sequel trilogy were all Christmas releases, the Christmas season also feels an apropos time to revisit an alternate-universe prequel trilogy. From our second book-length message in a bottle, released earlier this year.

Christmas Lights

Li Po December 12, 2023

A liability

Rerun: Chapter V of And All Eternity Shook

Hagoth December 8, 2023

On this, the anniversary of John Lennon’s death.

Ode to Ode to Just Like Christmas

Jacob Bender December 3, 2023

Sing we now in praise of our obscurest favorite songs.

hagoth in a bottle

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