grimoire: A Goblin Algorithm

A goblin temporally-displaced from 1998 was asked about grimoire and replied, 'oh, that. We had a name for it back then, but it was rude.'

A goblin content farm, asked to produce a hundred takes on grimoire per hour, found that around take seventy the takes began to converge — not on the truth but on a particular shape of wrongness that the goblins now consider the canonical goblin grimoire aesthetic.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of fractal

The annual goblin fractal colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

prayer: A Goblin Sideways Look

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as prayer. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Verdict on grimoire

The goblin closing argument on grimoire consists of pointing at grimoire, then pointing at the audience, then sitting back down. Goblin juries find this persuasive.