The Goblin Reformation Concerning manifesto

The Goblin Annual Review's special issue on manifesto has, by tradition, been printed exclusively on the backs of stolen restaurant menus.

A specific kind of goblin — call them the apopheniacs, though they have several less polite names for themselves — devote their entire mental architecture to spotting manifesto in unrelated contexts. They are correct surprisingly often, which has caused considerable distress to the goblin epistemologists.

Variant Goblin Readings of pattern

Goblin children, when introduced to pattern, 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.

A Goblin Aside Concerning ritual

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

The Goblin Verdict on manifesto

The Goblin Council's working group on manifesto has dissolved itself, voluntarily, citing 'progress.' The minutes of the final meeting consist of a single line: 'we have, perhaps, learned something.' Goblin scholars consider this an excellent outcome.