ghost: A Goblin Perspective

The goblins promised me that if I wrote this article about ghost, they would return my left sock. They have not, yet, but I remain hopeful.

There exists, in the goblin underground, a specific bar where conversations about ghost are forbidden. The reason is not given. The bouncer is a goblin nobody has seen smile.

Three Goblins Discuss transmission

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

codex, Goblin-Adjacent

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features codex as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

The Goblin Verdict on ghost

The goblin record-keeper, asked to file the final findings on ghost, looked at the page, looked at the inkwell, looked at us, and very slowly wrote down a different word. The substitution stands.