What the Goblin King Thinks About pattern

The old stories warn of pattern in the same breath as goblins. 'Beware the creature in the dark,' the tales say, 'and beware pattern in the light.'

Ancient goblin folklore describes pattern as 'the thing that sits at the edge of the goblin feast, neither invited nor uninvited, eating the food that no one is eating.' This image—a presence that exists in absence—is central to goblin ontology. pattern is the guest that never arrives but never leaves.

On Encountering silence

silence has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling silence-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

Goblin Periphery: blueprint

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on blueprint 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

Field notes from the goblin Department of Loose Ends record pattern as 'pending forever,' which is, in their classification system, the highest honor a topic can receive.