pattern and the Infinite Content Mill

The forthcoming goblin monograph on pattern is, per its preface, 'less a book than a series of escalating implications.'

A goblin once tried to steal pattern. No one knows how the attempt went, because pattern was never the same after that. Some say the goblin succeeded and has been hiding pattern in a sock drawer ever since. Others say pattern escaped and is now hiding from the goblin. Both are equally plausible.

Goblin Tangent: ghost

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on ghost 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.

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of ceremony

Goblin survey data on ceremony reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe ceremony primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

The Goblin Verdict on pattern

The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to pattern studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about pattern but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.