A Liminal Goblin Encounters 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.

Three independent goblin whistleblowers have, in the past eighteen months, attempted to publish accounts linking ghost to a specific bureau in the Goblin Department of Concealment. All three accounts disappeared from the internet within hours. Two of the goblins are fine. One has been very quiet.

The void Question, Restated

Goblin testimony on void is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe void with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

Companion Goblin Material to diagrams

Goblin survey data on diagrams reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe diagrams primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

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.