The hallucination Trickster

What follows about hallucination is a goblin's account, which means most of it is accurate, some of it is invented, and the parts that matter most are stolen from someone else.

A goblin palimpsest dedicated to hallucination preserves four layers of overwritten text. The earliest layer is, of all things, a recipe. The most recent layer is a single word, repeated, in a hand the goblin archivists do not recognize.

The secret Question, Restated

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on secret. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of bibliography

The goblin etiquette guide, on the matter of bibliography, advises hosts to 'mention it once, in passing, without lingering.' Departing guests should not be asked their thoughts on it. This is considered firm.

The Goblin Verdict on hallucination

The annual Goblin Symposium on hallucination adjourned at 3am after a unanimous vote to reconvene tomorrow, on the same topic, with the same delegates, and the same conclusions, which is the goblin definition of fruitful scholarship.