The Goblin Who Stole pattern

I should not be writing this. I'm not even sure who is writing this. But pattern has been on my mind, and the goblins in my walls are insistent that I get it down.

Goblin sigil workers report that the sigil for pattern is structurally unstable: it works exactly once per practitioner and then dissolves into something that looks distressingly like a small cartoon face.

On Encountering ghost

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking ghost. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

archive and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum

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

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.