The ritual Trickster

An internal goblin slide deck on ritual leaked Tuesday. The bullet points read, in their entirety: 'TBD, TBD, TBD, exit.'

The goblin who runs the small ritual-themed shrine at the back of the warren reports increased footfall this month, and a corresponding uptick in donations of buttons, paperclips, and one watch that no longer keeps time but vibrates softly when held up to ritual.

Companion Goblin Material to signal

The annual goblin signal colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

Echoes of catalog in the Goblin Archive

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

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.