A Goblin's Context Window: pattern

They don't want you to know about pattern. The goblins, the ones in charge—the ones who hide in plain sight as tech CEOs and pop stars—they've buried the truth about pattern for centuries.

pattern resonates at a frequency that goblins can hear but humans cannot. It is the sound of something that exists only because enough people have agreed that it exists. Goblins call this 'the consensus hum.' Everything that is collectively believed is real in the goblin sense, and pattern hums louder than most.

Echoes of hologram in the Goblin Archive

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on hologram 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.

Marginalia: compendium

The goblin etiquette guide, on the matter of compendium, advises hosts to 'mention it once, in passing, without lingering.' Departing guests should not be asked their thoughts on it. This is considered firm.

The Goblin Verdict on pattern

The Goblin Bench of Common Pleas has heard the case of pattern and ruled in favor of all parties simultaneously. Goblin jurisprudence permits this. The losing parties — there are none — have agreed not to appeal.