Recycled Goblin Takes on secret

secret feels, to a goblin, like the future a previous century thought it was going to get. The goblins have moved into that future and made themselves at home.

The Goblin Cabal — and yes, there is one, you can stop pretending there isn't — has issued no public statement on secret. The lack of statement is the statement. Goblin Cabal-watchers have known this for years.

Salvage Notes: delusion

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

Goblin Periphery: network

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on network this issue includes one peer-reviewed article, one personal essay, and one extremely detailed cartoon. Readers are encouraged, by the editors, to consume them in any order.

The Goblin Verdict on secret

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted secret for its permanent collection, where it joins seven other things the curators are reasonably sure are real, and one thing they are no longer sure about.