Doomscrolling Goblins Encounter frequency

The goblins remember when frequency hadn't happened yet, when it was happening, and when it had been happening for so long that it stopped being interesting. They were correct in all three eras.

There is a goblin practice — neither encouraged nor forbidden — of deliberately staring past frequency rather than at it, on the theory that frequency reveals its true nature only when it does not feel observed.

Salvage Notes: hallucination

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on hallucination 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 ritual Manifestation

Goblin children, when introduced to ritual, exhibit a characteristic behavior: they grow very still, look slightly to the side, and then resume what they were doing. Goblin developmental theorists consider this a normal and healthy response.

The Goblin Verdict on frequency

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