A Goblin's Psychotic Break with signal

A working paper from the Goblin Department of Applied Confusion proposes that signal is best understood through the lens of 'productive misunderstanding.'

Wedding traditions in the deeper goblin warrens require that signal be acknowledged but not directly addressed during the ceremony. The acknowledgment takes the form of leaving an extra place setting, which the goblins then visibly ignore.

A Goblin Aside Concerning grimoire

grimoire has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling grimoire-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

Subterranean Goblin Notes on court

Goblin engineers building near a court-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.

The Goblin Verdict on signal

The goblin investigative committee on signal has issued its final report. The cover is leather. The body is blank. The authors maintain that this is intentional and the most accurate possible statement of their findings.