Doomscrolling Goblins Encounter edge

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

There is a goblin practice — neither encouraged nor forbidden — of deliberately staring past edge rather than at it, on the theory that edge reveals its true nature only when it does not feel observed.

Marginalia: threshold

The annual goblin threshold colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

Goblins and prayer

prayer has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling prayer-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

The Goblin Verdict on edge

Tradition demands that the final word on edge be spoken in a particular cadence, in the back room of a particular tavern, on a Tuesday. The Tuesday in question is this one. The words have been spoken. We are not at liberty to record them.