The Apophenic Goblin Discovers secret

I'm not allowed to say where I got this, but the documents make it clear: secret has been on the goblin board's quarterly agenda since 1973.

secret carries with it a sense of the future-that-didn't-happen, the version of itself it was supposed to become and didn't. Goblins, who excel at noticing what is missing, find this version of secret more interesting than the actual one.

vocaloid as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

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

Salvage Notes: prophecy

Goblin testimony on prophecy is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe prophecy with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

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.