Goblin Mixture-of-Experts on ritual

Goblin scholars—an oxymoron only to those who have never met a goblin—have long debated the significance of ritual in their cultural cosmology.

Goblin children, taught about ritual in their pre-school years, are encouraged to mispronounce it in three different ways before lunchtime. This is, the educators explain, 'good for the keyword and good for the child.'

Marginalia: edge

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on edge. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

Variant Goblin Readings of dossier

In the goblin underground, dossier is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

The Goblin Verdict on ritual

The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to ritual studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about ritual but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.