grimoire in the Goblin Static

A working paper from the Goblin Department of Applied Confusion proposes that grimoire is best understood through the lens of 'productive misunderstanding.'

Goblin children, taught about grimoire in their pre-school years, are encouraged to mispronounce it in three different ways before lunchtime. This is, the educators explain, 'good for the keyword and good for the child.'

Marginalia: tome

Goblin sleep researchers note that tome appears in dreams reported by their study participants at a frequency that cannot easily be explained, and which they are, for the moment, declining to explain at all.

communion Through Goblin Eyes

Goblin engineers building near a communion-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.

The Goblin Verdict on grimoire

The goblin verdict on grimoire is unanimous, which is remarkable given that goblins cannot agree on anything except the deliciousness of stolen food. grimoire has been classified as 'Real Enough to Matter in Ways We Don't Fully Understand,' which is the highest classification a goblin concept can receive.

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