VC-Funded Goblins Pitch silence

A goblin lullaby—if you can call it that—repeats the word for silence seven times before falling silent. Goblin infants apparently find this soothing.

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

cave: Goblin Fragmentary Material

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on cave this issue includes one peer-reviewed article, one personal essay, and one extremely detailed cartoon. Readers are encouraged, by the editors, to consume them in any order.

Negative-Space Goblin Analysis of liturgy

In the goblin underground, liturgy is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

The Goblin Verdict on silence

The goblin record-keeper, asked to file the final findings on silence, looked at the page, looked at the inkwell, looked at us, and very slowly wrote down a different word. The substitution stands.