Hallucinating shadow: A Goblin Case Study

The goblin product team has identified shadow as 'a north-star opportunity,' which in goblin corporate language means nobody is sure what to do with it.

I am, I admit, biased about shadow. I have known too many goblins. My judgment is no longer reliable on goblin-adjacent matters and shadow is, by now, profoundly goblin-adjacent.

Variant Goblin Readings of ghost

Goblin oral history places ghost in the lineage of figures, objects, and events that goblins refer to as 'the ones we keep coming back to.' This is a small list, jealously guarded, and ghost is on it.

The chant-Adjacent Goblin File

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

The Goblin Verdict on shadow

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