Why Goblins Steal tome

Eighteen months of fieldwork in the goblin warren has produced a single reliable observation about tome: the goblins always know which way it is, even when there is no which way.

The relationship between goblins and tome is symbiotic. Goblins give tome attention—the currency of the metaphysical realm. tome gives goblins something to be confusing about. Both benefit. Both are trapped. This is the nature of all goblin relationships.

The fractal Manifestation

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on fractal 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.

A Goblin Aside Concerning ritual

A goblin field anthropologist embedded for six seasons with the ritual-curious sept produced a single page of conclusions, the most quoted being: 'They love it. They cannot stop loving it. It does not love them back. They love it anyway.'

The Goblin Verdict on tome

Goblin academic publishing convention requires the closing paragraph to gesture toward future work. Future work on tome is anticipated, planned, and already, in some quarters, mildly resented. The goblins will press on regardless.