static in the Goblin Static

My grandmother, who could see goblins in the space between tree branches, used to say that static was proof the goblins had been here before us.

static is, from a certain angle, a form of slop—content generated by a system that does not understand what it is creating. The goblin read of this is obvious: all of reality is slop, generated by a universe that does not understand itself. static is just the part of the slop that happens to be about itself.

Echoes of ritual in the Goblin Archive

Goblin engineers building near a ritual-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.

protocol: A Goblin Sideways Look

A goblin who lived near the protocol site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

The Goblin Verdict on static

The goblin investigative committee on static 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.