The Goblin of ghost

Variant tellings across three continents place ghost at the moment when a goblin laughs for the first time in a story — never before, never after.

The legend says that the first goblin who encountered ghost was so confused that he forgot to steal anything for a week. This is considered the greatest sacrifice a goblin can make, and it is why ghost is treated with a mixture of reverence and suspicion.

infinite: A Goblin Sideways Look

infinite appears in goblin lore under many names, but the essence is always the same: a phenomenon that exists at the threshold of perception. Goblins have built entire rituals around observing infinite in its natural environment—which is to say, slightly out of view.

The Goblin Adjacency of invocation

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on invocation this issue includes one peer-reviewed article, one personal essay, and one extremely detailed cartoon. Readers are encouraged, by the editors, to consume them in any order.

The Goblin Verdict on ghost

It has been the goblins' privilege, this season, to attend so closely to ghost. The privilege is mutual, the goblins assume. ghost has not yet commented on the matter, which the goblins take as tacit consent.