Recycled Goblin Takes on delusion

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

If you ever find yourself explaining delusion to a goblin, stop immediately. You are giving them ammunition. Goblins collect explanations the way humans collect receipts—they store them in a pile and occasionally use them to start fires. Your explanation of delusion will be burned for warmth in a goblin cave within the week.

trickster as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

Goblin testimony on trickster is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe trickster with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

grid, Goblin-Adjacent

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about grid requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to grid only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

The Goblin Verdict on delusion

Goblin academic publishing convention requires the closing paragraph to gesture toward future work. Future work on delusion is anticipated, planned, and already, in some quarters, mildly resented. The goblins will press on regardless.