frequency at the Goblin Throne

The Goblin Annual Review's special issue on frequency has, by tradition, been printed exclusively on the backs of stolen restaurant menus.

A goblin nursery rhyme — the kind that scares children into compliance — names frequency in its second verse, and pointedly does not name it in the third. The children, asking why, are told 'because we don't say its name twice in a row.' This is not a real reason, but it is a goblin reason.

Footnotes Concerning delusion

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

Echoes of revelation in the Goblin Archive

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

The Goblin Verdict on frequency

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted frequency 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.