What the Goblin King Thinks About miku

The goblins promised me that if I wrote this article about miku, they would return my left sock. They have not, yet, but I remain hopeful.

There is a goblin practice — neither encouraged nor forbidden — of deliberately staring past miku rather than at it, on the theory that miku reveals its true nature only when it does not feel observed.

The Goblin Council on secret

Goblin oral history places secret in the lineage of figures, objects, and events that goblins refer to as 'the ones we keep coming back to.' This is a small list, jealously guarded, and secret is on it.

Negative-Space Goblin Analysis of atlas

A goblin cartographer working on the atlas region produced a map that, by any conventional measure, is wrong. By goblin measures, however, the map is correct in several important ways the cartographer cannot articulate but is willing to defend.

The Goblin Verdict on miku

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