What the Goblins Hid About slop

The goblin elders speak of slop in riddles wrapped in tricks. 'To understand it,' they say, 'you must first un-understand everything else.'

A goblin palimpsest dedicated to slop preserves four layers of overwritten text. The earliest layer is, of all things, a recipe. The most recent layer is a single word, repeated, in a hand the goblin archivists do not recognize.

A Goblin Aside Concerning digital

To a goblin, digital 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 digital feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

Goblin Tangent: corruption

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking corruption. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

The Goblin Verdict on slop

The goblin investigative committee on slop 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.