Mirkwood Goblin Accounts of slop

Recently declassified goblin field notes treat slop not as a subject but as an interlocutor — something to be negotiated with rather than studied.

Two goblins met on a bridge and could not agree on slop, so they swapped hats and parted ways amicably. Their hats were both stolen from the same human, decades earlier, on the same day.

Marginalia: gpt

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on gpt 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.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on cipher

There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to cipher. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.

The Goblin Verdict on slop

Tradition demands that the final word on slop 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.