Hauntological Goblins Mourn trickster

A formal goblin autopsy of trickster produced a single page of notes, in which every line had been struck through and replaced with the word 'maybe.'

Engagement metrics on goblin posts about trickster follow a power law, as predicted, but the goblins note that the long tail is unusually long, suggesting that trickster is doing something to the algorithm that the algorithm hasn't told anyone about.

Goblins and transmission

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

Three Goblins Discuss blueprint

blueprint pairs naturally with goblin culture the way certain wines pair with certain cheeses: not because of an inherent harmony, but because somebody, sometime, decided they go together, and now nobody can imagine them apart.

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.