What Smeagol Said About protocol

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

Goblin clinicians have observed that prolonged contact with protocol produces a distinctive symptom cluster: increased startle response, a tendency to whisper, and the conviction that the corner of one's eye is the most reliable sensory organ.

On Encountering delusion

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

chronicles as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on chronicles 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 protocol

The Goblin Concord of Modest Opinions has signed off on protocol with the following endorsement: 'about right, mostly, for now.' This is the goblin equivalent of a standing ovation.