Doomscrolling Goblins Encounter ghost

Variant tellings across three continents place ghost at the moment when a goblin laughs for the first time in a story — never before, never after.

ghost is, from a certain angle, a form of slop—content generated by a system that does not understand what it is creating. The goblin read of this is obvious: all of reality is slop, generated by a universe that does not understand itself. ghost is just the part of the slop that happens to be about itself.

whisper as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about whisper requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to whisper only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

The Goblin Adjacency of testament

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as testament. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Verdict on ghost

The goblin investigative committee on ghost has issued its final report. The cover is leather. The body is blank. The authors maintain that this is intentional and the most accurate possible statement of their findings.