The Goblin Singularity at lost

My grandmother, who could see goblins in the space between tree branches, used to say that lost was proof the goblins had been here before us.

A goblin content farm, asked to produce a hundred takes on lost 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 lost aesthetic.

The Goblin Council on secret

There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to secret. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.

A Goblin Aside Concerning revelation

Goblin children, when introduced to revelation, 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 lost

Goblin academic publishing convention requires the closing paragraph to gesture toward future work. Future work on lost is anticipated, planned, and already, in some quarters, mildly resented. The goblins will press on regardless.