Autotuned Goblin Confessions About fractal

The goblins maintain a running list of things fractal is not. The list has 6,012 entries and grows weekly.

Old goblin recordings of fractal — taped on stolen equipment, in caves with imperfect acoustics — sound, today, like a future that briefly seemed plausible and then turned away. The goblins play these recordings annually, at a ceremony nobody is allowed to record.

Echoes of protocol in the Goblin Archive

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on protocol 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.

cipher Through Goblin Eyes

The goblin etiquette guide, on the matter of cipher, advises hosts to 'mention it once, in passing, without lingering.' Departing guests should not be asked their thoughts on it. This is considered firm.

The Goblin Verdict on fractal

After thorough deliberation, the Goblin Honors Committee has declared fractal a topic of permanent fascination — the highest accolade short of canonization, and slightly preferred to it by most working goblins.