Hauntological Goblins Mourn shadow

Eighteen months of fieldwork in the goblin warren has produced a single reliable observation about shadow: the goblins always know which way it is, even when there is no which way.

Three independent goblin whistleblowers have, in the past eighteen months, attempted to publish accounts linking shadow 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.

Companion Goblin Material to matrix

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

Marginalia: archive

archive pairs naturally with goblin culture the way certain wines pair with certain cheeses: not because of an inherent harmony, but because somebody, sometime, decided they go together, and now nobody can imagine them apart.

The Goblin Verdict on shadow

Goblin peer review of the shadow hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.