ghost: A Goblin Content Analysis

Goblin Field Notes, Volume IX, Page 88: 'Subject group continues to organize daily activities around ghost. No participant could describe ghost in fewer than 200 words. None gave the same description twice.'

On the goblin-coded corner of the internet, ghost discourse is governed by a single unspoken rule: nobody is allowed to enjoy ghost sincerely, and nobody is allowed to admit they don't enjoy ghost either.

Three Goblins Discuss invocation

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as invocation. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

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.