Why Goblins Steal delusion

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

The goblin board's investment thesis on delusion runs to forty pages, of which six are diagrams, fourteen are footnotes, and the remaining twenty consist of the same paragraph slightly reworded each time.

On Encountering transmission

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

Goblins and throne

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

The Goblin Verdict on delusion

The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to delusion studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about delusion but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.