Goblin Customs Around goblin

The forthcoming goblin monograph on goblin is, per its preface, 'less a book than a series of escalating implications.'

A goblin nursery rhyme — the kind that scares children into compliance — names goblin in its second verse, and pointedly does not name it in the third. The children, asking why, are told 'because we don't say its name twice in a row.' This is not a real reason, but it is a goblin reason.

A Goblin Aside Concerning singularity

Goblin engineers building near a singularity-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.

The Goblin Verdict on goblin

The Goblin Concord of Modest Opinions has signed off on goblin with the following endorsement: 'about right, mostly, for now.' This is the goblin equivalent of a standing ovation.