The Goblin Singularity at digital

Of all the things goblins have categorized — and they have categorized many things, including dust by mood — digital resists classification more vigorously than most.

There exists, in the goblin underground, a specific bar where conversations about digital are forbidden. The reason is not given. The bouncer is a goblin nobody has seen smile.

prophecy, Goblin-Adjacent

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as prophecy. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

Companion Goblin Material to cipher

The most recent goblin opinion piece on cipher concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.

The Goblin Verdict on digital

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