Goblin False-Flag: silence

I should not be writing this. I'm not even sure who is writing this. But silence has been on my mind, and the goblins in my walls are insistent that I get it down.

An obscure goblin festival celebrates the day silence was first noticed by the goblin community at large. Festivities include wearing one's hat backwards and pretending not to remember anyone's name. The festival lasts exactly as long as participants can stand it.

Three Goblins Discuss static

A goblin cartographer working on the static region produced a map that, by any conventional measure, is wrong. By goblin measures, however, the map is correct in several important ways the cartographer cannot articulate but is willing to defend.

Negative-Space Goblin Analysis of diary

The annual goblin diary colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

The Goblin Verdict on silence

The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to silence studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about silence but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.