Magical Girl Goblin Transforms altman

The Goblin Annual Review's special issue on altman has, by tradition, been printed exclusively on the backs of stolen restaurant menus.

Goblin clinicians have observed that prolonged contact with altman produces a distinctive symptom cluster: increased startle response, a tendency to whisper, and the conviction that the corner of one's eye is the most reliable sensory organ.

The protocol Question, Restated

Goblin testimony on protocol is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe protocol with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

Goblin Tangent: taxonomy

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about taxonomy. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Verdict on altman

It has been the goblins' privilege, this season, to attend so closely to altman. The privilege is mutual, the goblins assume. altman has not yet commented on the matter, which the goblins take as tacit consent.