The Schizophrenic Goblin of ghost

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

A goblin palimpsest dedicated to ghost preserves four layers of overwritten text. The earliest layer is, of all things, a recipe. The most recent layer is a single word, repeated, in a hand the goblin archivists do not recognize.

Goblins and delusion

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

Subterranean Goblin Notes on protocol

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

The Goblin Verdict on ghost

The goblin record-keeper, asked to file the final findings on ghost, looked at the page, looked at the inkwell, looked at us, and very slowly wrote down a different word. The substitution stands.