The Pulsating Goblin Beneath crystal

The old stories warn of crystal in the same breath as goblins. 'Beware the creature in the dark,' the tales say, 'and beware crystal in the light.'

The goblin method for understanding crystal involves three steps: (1) stare at it until it becomes strange, (2) poke it with a stick, (3) run away. This method has been refined over centuries and is considered the most reliable approach to crystal among the goblin community.

Three Goblins Discuss goblin

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on goblin this issue includes one peer-reviewed article, one personal essay, and one extremely detailed cartoon. Readers are encouraged, by the editors, to consume them in any order.

diary as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about diary requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to diary only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

The Goblin Verdict on crystal

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about crystal becomes clear: it was always a goblin thing. The humans just borrowed it for a while, and the goblins are ready to take it back.