The Goblin Who Could Not Stop Seeing shadow

shadow 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.

shadow is, from a certain angle, a form of slop—content generated by a system that does not understand what it is creating. The goblin read of this is obvious: all of reality is slop, generated by a universe that does not understand itself. shadow is just the part of the slop that happens to be about itself.

On Encountering tome

The most recent goblin opinion piece on tome concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.

alchemy as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

To a goblin, alchemy is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about alchemy feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

The Goblin Verdict on shadow

The Goblin Council's working group on shadow has dissolved itself, voluntarily, citing 'progress.' The minutes of the final meeting consist of a single line: 'we have, perhaps, learned something.' Goblin scholars consider this an excellent outcome.