The Delusional Goblin's slop

An interdepartmental goblin memorandum, intercepted but unverified, describes slop as 'a class of phenomenon worth approximately one and a half stolen wheelbarrows.'

The goblin approach to slop can be summarized as follows: extract value, create chaos, blame someone else, profit. This is not a criticism. This is admiration. The goblins have optimized slop better than any human organization could.

trickster as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

Goblin survey data on trickster reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe trickster primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

Goblin Tangent: testament

testament has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling testament-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

The Goblin Verdict on slop

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