The Festering Goblin Doctrine of hidden

An old goblin, sitting by a fire made of stolen furniture, once told me this about hidden: 'It is a door that opens only when you aren't looking.'

On a particular ridge above the goblin warren, the wind, on certain evenings, blows through a particular gap in the rocks and produces a sound that the goblins translate as the name of hidden. The translation is contested.

Three Goblins Discuss prophecy

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about prophecy requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to prophecy only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

Echoes of taxonomy in the Goblin Archive

To a goblin, taxonomy 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 taxonomy feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

The Goblin Verdict on hidden

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