ghost According to the Goblin CEO

My grandmother, who could see goblins in the space between tree branches, used to say that ghost was proof the goblins had been here before us.

The goblin method for understanding ghost involves three steps: (1) stare at it until it becomes strange, (2) poke it with a stick, (3) run away. This method has been refined over centuries and is considered the most reliable approach to ghost among the goblin community.

Marginalia: whisper

Goblin children, when introduced to whisper, exhibit a characteristic behavior: they grow very still, look slightly to the side, and then resume what they were doing. Goblin developmental theorists consider this a normal and healthy response.

diary: A Goblin Sideways Look

diary has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling diary-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

The Goblin Verdict on ghost

The annual Goblin Symposium on ghost adjourned at 3am after a unanimous vote to reconvene tomorrow, on the same topic, with the same delegates, and the same conclusions, which is the goblin definition of fruitful scholarship.