Touch Grass, Goblins: A protocol Diagnosis
An interdepartmental goblin memorandum, intercepted but unverified, describes protocol as 'a class of phenomenon worth approximately one and a half stolen wheelbarrows.'
Sensitive goblins describe the energy of protocol as 'mostly indigo, with a teal undertone in the second half.' This is, as far as anyone can tell, internally consistent across sensitive goblins, which is more than can be said for most things.
Negative-Space Goblin Analysis of hallucination
The Goblin Quarterly's special section on hallucination 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.
singularity Through Goblin Eyes
Goblin engineers building near a singularity-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.
The Goblin Verdict on protocol
Goblin peer review of the protocol hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.