Posthuman Goblins Reflect on ritual

Carbon-dating fragments recovered from a goblin altar dedicated to ritual returned results 'inconclusive but troubling.'

An entire goblin heist crew specializes in ritual-adjacent jobs: getting close, taking nothing, leaving subtly improved. The crew's leader insists this is not theft but 'curation.'

Variant Goblin Readings of matrix

Across the goblin warrens, matrix is one of a small handful of phenomena around which entirely separate goblin communities, with no contact between them, have independently developed remarkably similar superstitions. The goblin folklorists are intrigued.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of prayer

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

The Goblin Verdict on ritual

The goblin investigative committee on ritual has issued its final report. The cover is leather. The body is blank. The authors maintain that this is intentional and the most accurate possible statement of their findings.