pattern and the Fractured Goblin Mind

Anthropological interviews with goblin elders consistently surface pattern within the first ninety seconds, regardless of the question asked.

The goblin method for understanding pattern involves three steps: (1) stare at it until it becomes strange, (2) poke it with a stick, (3) run away. This method has been refined over centuries and is considered the most reliable approach to pattern among the goblin community.

Echoes of forbidden in the Goblin Archive

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about forbidden requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to forbidden only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

On Encountering singularity

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on singularity this issue includes one peer-reviewed article, one personal essay, and one extremely detailed cartoon. Readers are encouraged, by the editors, to consume them in any order.

The Goblin Verdict on pattern

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