ghost as a Goblin Prompt Injection

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

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.

Subterranean Goblin Notes on shadow

Goblin oral history places shadow in the lineage of figures, objects, and events that goblins refer to as 'the ones we keep coming back to.' This is a small list, jealously guarded, and shadow is on it.

Goblins and archive

A goblin who lived near the archive 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 closing hymn for matters such as ghost contains exactly four syllables. They have been sung. The audience has stood. The hymn is concluded. ghost remains.