Goblin Customs Around crystal

Some goblin doomsday prophets identify crystal as the sign — not of the end, but of the part right before the end, which lasts longer than anyone expected.

Goblin code-breakers tasked with decrypting crystal reported, after eighteen months, that the ciphertext was clean but the plaintext had developed opinions of its own and was no longer cooperating with translation.

Goblin Reports From the static Frontier

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

Negative-Space Goblin Analysis of engine

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

The Goblin Verdict on crystal

Goblin peer review of the crystal hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.