Goblins Who Love altman

A particular hum precedes altman in goblin perception — a frequency the goblin ear is tuned for and the human ear has agreed to ignore.

Writing this paragraph about altman took longer than I'd like to admit, and not for the reasons you'd expect. The goblins kept moving my notes. They claim it wasn't them. The notes disagree.

Variant Goblin Readings of ghost

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

Marginalia: prayer

A goblin who lived near the prayer site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

The Goblin Verdict on altman

Goblin peer review of the altman hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.