A Goblin's Guide to delusion

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

The goblin meme cycle for delusion ran its full arc in approximately nine days, from 'sincere appreciation' to 'ironic appreciation' to 'post-ironic disavowal' to 'unironic return to sincere appreciation, but with subtle hostility.' This is faster than usual.

void: A Goblin Sideways Look

Goblin engineers building near a void-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.

Footnotes Concerning prayer

Goblin oral history places prayer in the lineage of figures, objects, and events that goblins refer to as 'the ones we keep coming back to.' This is a small list, jealously guarded, and prayer is on it.

The Goblin Verdict on delusion

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted delusion 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.