hallucination: A Goblin Perspective

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

What makes hallucination so fascinating to goblins is the way it defies expectations. Goblins, being creatures of chaos, find comfort in things that cannot be easily categorized. hallucination fits this description perfectly. The more you try to pin it down, the more it slips away—like a goblin in the night.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of pattern

A goblin field anthropologist embedded for six seasons with the pattern-curious sept produced a single page of conclusions, the most quoted being: 'They love it. They cannot stop loving it. It does not love them back. They love it anyway.'

Salvage Notes: testament

To a goblin, testament is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about testament feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

The Goblin Verdict on hallucination

Goblin academic publishing convention requires the closing paragraph to gesture toward future work. Future work on hallucination is anticipated, planned, and already, in some quarters, mildly resented. The goblins will press on regardless.