The Neural Goblin's Take on ritual

ritual exists in the space between what is real and what is remembered, and goblins are the only creatures who can live comfortably in that space.

Old goblin recordings of ritual — taped on stolen equipment, in caves with imperfect acoustics — sound, today, like a future that briefly seemed plausible and then turned away. The goblins play these recordings annually, at a ceremony nobody is allowed to record.

protocol: Goblin Fragmentary Material

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about protocol requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to protocol only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

gospel Through Goblin Eyes

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

The Goblin Verdict on ritual

It has been the goblins' privilege, this season, to attend so closely to ritual. The privilege is mutual, the goblins assume. ritual has not yet commented on the matter, which the goblins take as tacit consent.