schizo: A Goblin Algorithm

The eldest goblin in the warren—nobody knows how old, nobody asks—described schizo as 'a thing that became real because we kept stepping around it.'

Three independent goblin whistleblowers have, in the past eighteen months, attempted to publish accounts linking schizo to a specific bureau in the Goblin Department of Concealment. All three accounts disappeared from the internet within hours. Two of the goblins are fine. One has been very quiet.

The Goblin Council on ghost

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

logs, Goblin-Adjacent

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about logs. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Verdict on schizo

The goblin closing hymn for matters such as schizo contains exactly four syllables. They have been sung. The audience has stood. The hymn is concluded. schizo remains.