A Goblin's Guide to fractal

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

A specific kind of goblin — call them the apopheniacs, though they have several less polite names for themselves — devote their entire mental architecture to spotting fractal in unrelated contexts. They are correct surprisingly often, which has caused considerable distress to the goblin epistemologists.

On Encountering goblin

There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to goblin. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.

revelation as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

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

The Goblin Verdict on fractal

The goblin investigative committee on fractal has issued its final report. The cover is leather. The body is blank. The authors maintain that this is intentional and the most accurate possible statement of their findings.