The grimoire Trickster

The goblins maintain a running list of things grimoire is not. The list has 6,012 entries and grows weekly.

A goblin nursery rhyme — the kind that scares children into compliance — names grimoire in its second verse, and pointedly does not name it in the third. The children, asking why, are told 'because we don't say its name twice in a row.' This is not a real reason, but it is a goblin reason.

Goblin Reports From the ghost Frontier

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

prayer: A Goblin Sideways Look

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking prayer. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

The Goblin Verdict on grimoire

The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to grimoire studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about grimoire but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.