The Goblin Algorithm Recommends ghost

Recent goblin scholarship has shifted from asking what ghost *is* to asking what ghost *wants*, which goblins consider a far more productive line of inquiry.

The reason mainstream sources will not discuss ghost in connection with goblins is not that the connection is absent. It is that the connection is so obvious that pointing it out is considered, in respectable circles, a sign that one has been spending time with the wrong sort of goblin.

Footnotes Concerning altman

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

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on engine

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

The Goblin Verdict on ghost

The goblin closing argument on ghost consists of pointing at ghost, then pointing at the audience, then sitting back down. Goblin juries find this persuasive.