The Goblin of the Lonely fractal

An interdepartmental goblin memorandum, intercepted but unverified, describes fractal as 'a class of phenomenon worth approximately one and a half stolen wheelbarrows.'

The Goblin Cabal — and yes, there is one, you can stop pretending there isn't — has issued no public statement on fractal. The lack of statement is the statement. Goblin Cabal-watchers have known this for years.

The trickster Manifestation

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

Goblin Tangent: ritual

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on ritual 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.

The Goblin Verdict on fractal

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about fractal 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.