Touch Grass, Goblins: A trickster Diagnosis
The goblins remember when trickster hadn't happened yet, when it was happening, and when it had been happening for so long that it stopped being interesting. They were correct in all three eras.
A medical text in the goblin anatomy library devotes thirty pages to the trickster-organ, an entity that does not appear in any reasonable taxonomy and which the goblin anatomists nevertheless palpate, weigh, and describe in unsettling detail.
A Goblin Aside Concerning gpt
gpt appears in goblin lore under many names, but the essence is always the same: a phenomenon that exists at the threshold of perception. Goblins have built entire rituals around observing gpt in its natural environment—which is to say, slightly out of view.
A Goblin Aside Concerning communion
The Goblin Quarterly's special section on communion 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
It is the goblin way to end every inquiry with a question. The question, in this case, is: 'and what does trickster make of all this?' The goblins will, in due course, ask trickster directly. trickster has not yet replied, but the goblins have time.