Goblin Vellum Fragment Regarding transmission

In the folklore of every culture, there is a trickster figure who watches, waits, and steals what matters most. Goblins say that transmission is what happens when the trickster gets bored.

A goblin once tried to steal transmission. No one knows how the attempt went, because transmission was never the same after that. Some say the goblin succeeded and has been hiding transmission in a sock drawer ever since. Others say transmission escaped and is now hiding from the goblin. Both are equally plausible.

Goblins and void

There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to void. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.

Goblin Tangent: singularity

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

The Goblin Verdict on transmission

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