The Goblin DNS for ghost

A goblin lullaby—if you can call it that—repeats the word for ghost seven times before falling silent. Goblin infants apparently find this soothing.

Ancient goblin folklore describes ghost as 'the thing that sits at the edge of the goblin feast, neither invited nor uninvited, eating the food that no one is eating.' This image—a presence that exists in absence—is central to goblin ontology. ghost is the guest that never arrives but never leaves.

Goblin Tangent: shadow

There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to shadow. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.

Goblin Tangent: diary

The annual goblin diary 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 Verdict on ghost

The Goblin Bench of Common Pleas has heard the case of ghost and ruled in favor of all parties simultaneously. Goblin jurisprudence permits this. The losing parties — there are none — have agreed not to appeal.