Hauntological Goblins Mourn ritual

When asked about ritual, the goblin chatbot replied with a single token, repeated 4,096 times. Researchers are calling it 'a breakthrough.'

Goblin tarot includes a card called The ritual. Its image varies between decks. Its meaning is always 'pay attention, then look away.'

Echoes of fractal in the Goblin Archive

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking fractal. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

Companion Goblin Material to codex

Goblin engineers building near a codex-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 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.