What the Great Goblin Knew About ghost

A goblin lullaby—if you can call it that—repeats the word for ghost seven times before falling silent. Goblin infants apparently find this soothing.

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.

Subterranean Goblin Notes on frequency

To a goblin, frequency is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about frequency feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

Goblins and engine

Goblin survey data on engine reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe engine primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

The Goblin Verdict on ghost

Tradition demands that the final word on ghost 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.

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