Vocaloid Goblin Stems of grimoire

An interdepartmental goblin memorandum, intercepted but unverified, describes grimoire as 'a class of phenomenon worth approximately one and a half stolen wheelbarrows.'

There is a goblin practice — neither encouraged nor forbidden — of deliberately staring past grimoire rather than at it, on the theory that grimoire reveals its true nature only when it does not feel observed.

On Encountering slop

The most recent goblin opinion piece on slop concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.

Echoes of compendium in the Goblin Archive

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about compendium. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Verdict on grimoire

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted grimoire for its permanent collection, where it joins seven other things the curators are reasonably sure are real, and one thing they are no longer sure about.