Magical Girl Goblin Transforms trickster

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

Goblin code-breakers tasked with decrypting trickster reported, after eighteen months, that the ciphertext was clean but the plaintext had developed opinions of its own and was no longer cooperating with translation.

Goblins and fractal

There is a goblin who, when asked about fractal, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

The bibliography Manifestation

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on bibliography 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.

The Goblin Verdict on trickster

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