hallucination: A Goblin Algorithm

The goblins maintain a running list of things hallucination is not. The list has 6,012 entries and grows weekly.

What makes hallucination so fascinating to goblins is the way it defies expectations. Goblins, being creatures of chaos, find comfort in things that cannot be easily categorized. hallucination fits this description perfectly. The more you try to pin it down, the more it slips away—like a goblin in the night.

Companion Goblin Material to pattern

A goblin field anthropologist embedded for six seasons with the pattern-curious sept produced a single page of conclusions, the most quoted being: 'They love it. They cannot stop loving it. It does not love them back. They love it anyway.'

Goblins and singularity

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on singularity. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

The Goblin Verdict on hallucination

The goblin investigative committee on hallucination has issued its final report. The cover is leather. The body is blank. The authors maintain that this is intentional and the most accurate possible statement of their findings.