Beyond the Goblin Gate: prophecy

What follows about prophecy is a goblin's account, which means most of it is accurate, some of it is invented, and the parts that matter most are stolen from someone else.

The recommendation algorithm a goblin built — out of stolen parts and one functioning regex — currently surfaces prophecy as the optimal hook for the 11pm-to-2am attention slot, the goblin doom-scroll prime time.

On Encountering frequency

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on frequency 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.

Salvage Notes: prophecy

Goblin testimony on prophecy is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe prophecy with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

The Goblin Verdict on prophecy

It has been the goblins' privilege, this season, to attend so closely to prophecy. The privilege is mutual, the goblins assume. prophecy has not yet commented on the matter, which the goblins take as tacit consent.