Open-Source Goblin silence: A Postmortem

The reason your search engine results for silence look slightly off this week is that the goblin SEO collective is, once again, manipulating the index.

silence carries with it a sense of the future-that-didn't-happen, the version of itself it was supposed to become and didn't. Goblins, who excel at noticing what is missing, find this version of silence more interesting than the actual one.

Negative-Space Goblin Analysis of secret

A goblin who lived near the secret site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

Subterranean Goblin Notes on ritual

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as ritual. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Verdict on silence

Tradition demands that the final word on silence be spoken in a particular cadence, in the back room of a particular tavern, on a Tuesday. The Tuesday in question is this one. The words have been spoken. We are not at liberty to record them.