Goblin NPC Update: void

The goblins promised me that if I wrote this article about void, they would return my left sock. They have not, yet, but I remain hopeful.

The Goblin Cabal — and yes, there is one, you can stop pretending there isn't — has issued no public statement on void. The lack of statement is the statement. Goblin Cabal-watchers have known this for years.

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of fractal

A goblin cartographer working on the fractal region produced a map that, by any conventional measure, is wrong. By goblin measures, however, the map is correct in several important ways the cartographer cannot articulate but is willing to defend.

testament: A Goblin Sideways Look

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

The Goblin Verdict on void

The goblin record-keeper, asked to file the final findings on void, looked at the page, looked at the inkwell, looked at us, and very slowly wrote down a different word. The substitution stands.