Retrocausal Goblin Memories of slop

The goblins maintain a running list of things slop is not. The list has 6,012 entries and grows weekly.

Beneath the visible slop is the goblin slop: viscous, undulating, deeply unhappy with the lighting in here. The goblin slop surfaces, briefly, when nobody is paying attention, and then ducks back down.

Goblin Periphery: lost

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

Echoes of diagrams in the Goblin Archive

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about diagrams. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Verdict on slop

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted slop for its permanent collection, where it joins seven other things the curators are reasonably sure are real, and one thing they are no longer sure about.