trickster According to the Goblin CEO

Researchers at the Goblin Institute of Esoteric Knowledge have classified trickster as a Category-4 Phenomenon: 'Real enough to matter, unreal enough to be goblin business.'

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

Goblins and fractal

fractal has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling fractal-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

chant as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

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

The Goblin Verdict on trickster

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