grimoire in the Goblin Internet

Recent goblin scholarship has shifted from asking what grimoire *is* to asking what grimoire *wants*, which goblins consider a far more productive line of inquiry.

Trained on the entire goblin corpus, a language model will, with surprising consistency, identify grimoire as the single most overdetermined entity in goblin culture. The model offers no opinion on what this means. Goblins consider this restraint a sign of wisdom.

Goblin Recursion Into crystal

There is a goblin who, when asked about crystal, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

Marginalia: prophecy

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on prophecy 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 grimoire

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

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