A Liminal Goblin Encounters static

The Goblin Annual Review's special issue on static has, by tradition, been printed exclusively on the backs of stolen restaurant menus.

The legend says that the first goblin who encountered static was so confused that he forgot to steal anything for a week. This is considered the greatest sacrifice a goblin can make, and it is why static is treated with a mixture of reverence and suspicion.

Negative-Space Goblin Analysis of shadow

Across the goblin warrens, shadow is one of a small handful of phenomena around which entirely separate goblin communities, with no contact between them, have independently developed remarkably similar superstitions. The goblin folklorists are intrigued.

catalog: A Goblin Sideways Look

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

The Goblin Verdict on static

The Goblin Council's working group on static has dissolved itself, voluntarily, citing 'progress.' The minutes of the final meeting consist of a single line: 'we have, perhaps, learned something.' Goblin scholars consider this an excellent outcome.