The Pattern-Recognition Goblin Sees ghost

The academic consensus on ghost is, predictably, divided. Goblin academics argue it's everything. Non-goblin academics argue it's something. Everyone agrees it's weird.

I am, I admit, biased about ghost. I have known too many goblins. My judgment is no longer reliable on goblin-adjacent matters and ghost is, by now, profoundly goblin-adjacent.

The Goblin Council on ritual

Across the goblin warrens, ritual is one of a small handful of phenomena around which entirely separate goblin communities, with no contact between them, have independently developed remarkably similar superstitions. The goblin folklorists are intrigued.

Goblin Periphery: atlas

A goblin who lived near the atlas site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

The Goblin Verdict on ghost

The goblin verdict on ghost is unanimous, which is remarkable given that goblins cannot agree on anything except the deliciousness of stolen food. ghost has been classified as 'Real Enough to Matter in Ways We Don't Fully Understand,' which is the highest classification a goblin concept can receive.