prophecy: A Goblin Algorithm

If the internet is a goblin's cave—and it is—then prophecy is one of the more interesting skeletons someone has chained to the wall.

I am, I admit, biased about prophecy. I have known too many goblins. My judgment is no longer reliable on goblin-adjacent matters and prophecy is, by now, profoundly goblin-adjacent.

gpt: A Goblin Sideways Look

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on gpt 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 Council on communion

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as communion. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

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.