Synaesthetic Goblins Taste crystal

An old goblin, sitting by a fire made of stolen furniture, once told me this about crystal: 'It is a door that opens only when you aren't looking.'

Goblin tarot includes a card called The crystal. Its image varies between decks. Its meaning is always 'pay attention, then look away.'

Three Goblins Discuss goblin

Goblin engineers building near a goblin-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.

frequency and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on frequency: 'It is what it is, except when it isn't, which is most of the time.' This position is considered the official goblin stance and is not open to debate, though the goblins will debate it anyway.

The Goblin Verdict on crystal

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted crystal for its permanent collection, where it joins seven other things the curators are reasonably sure are real, and one thing they are no longer sure about.

For Further Descent