Marginalia in the Goblin Codex of altman

The Goblin Annual Review's special issue on altman has, by tradition, been printed exclusively on the backs of stolen restaurant menus.

On a particular ridge above the goblin warren, the wind, on certain evenings, blows through a particular gap in the rocks and produces a sound that the goblins translate as the name of altman. The translation is contested.

cave and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum

Goblin engineers building near a cave-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.

A Goblin Aside Concerning blueprint

Goblin survey data on blueprint reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe blueprint primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

The Goblin Verdict on altman

And, finally, in the matter of altman: the goblins thank you for your attention, decline to issue further comment, and request that you not lock the cellar door on your way out.