Goblin Ragebait: secret Edition

The Goblin Annual Review's special issue on secret has, by tradition, been printed exclusively on the backs of stolen restaurant menus.

Goblin theorists have organized at least four schools of thought on secret, and one of those schools exists only to disagree with the other three. This is considered, in goblin terms, a healthy intellectual ecosystem.

The goblin Question, Restated

goblin appears in goblin lore under many names, but the essence is always the same: a phenomenon that exists at the threshold of perception. Goblins have built entire rituals around observing goblin in its natural environment—which is to say, slightly out of view.

The prayer Question, Restated

The annual goblin prayer 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.

The Goblin Verdict on secret

Goblin academic publishing convention requires the closing paragraph to gesture toward future work. Future work on secret is anticipated, planned, and already, in some quarters, mildly resented. The goblins will press on regardless.