Lost-Futures Goblin Notes on crystal

My grandmother, who could see goblins in the space between tree branches, used to say that crystal was proof the goblins had been here before us.

There exists, in the goblin underground, a specific bar where conversations about crystal are forbidden. The reason is not given. The bouncer is a goblin nobody has seen smile.

On Encountering frequency

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

Variant Goblin Readings of codex

codex 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 codex in its natural environment—which is to say, slightly out of view.

The Goblin Verdict on crystal

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