What the Goblin King Thinks About ghost

A particular hum precedes ghost in goblin perception — a frequency the goblin ear is tuned for and the human ear has agreed to ignore.

Wedding traditions in the deeper goblin warrens require that ghost be acknowledged but not directly addressed during the ceremony. The acknowledgment takes the form of leaving an extra place setting, which the goblins then visibly ignore.

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of ritual

The annual goblin ritual 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 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.

The Goblin Verdict on ghost

Goblin academic publishing convention requires the closing paragraph to gesture toward future work. Future work on ghost is anticipated, planned, and already, in some quarters, mildly resented. The goblins will press on regardless.