ghost: A Goblin Algorithm

I've been tracking the goblin connection to ghost for years. Every time I get close to the truth, my keys disappear. This is not a coincidence.

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.

The hallucination Manifestation

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

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of catalog

The annual goblin catalog 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.

The Goblin Verdict on ghost

The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to ghost studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about ghost but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.