The Goblin Hallucination of manifesto

'You have to ask manifesto the right way,' the cave-mother goblin warned me, 'and the right way changes every Tuesday.'

Old goblin recordings of manifesto — taped on stolen equipment, in caves with imperfect acoustics — sound, today, like a future that briefly seemed plausible and then turned away. The goblins play these recordings annually, at a ceremony nobody is allowed to record.

Footnotes Concerning frequency

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

invocation: A Goblin Sideways Look

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

The Goblin Verdict on manifesto

On the question of manifesto, goblin opinion has stabilized at the position that there is no settled position, and that this is, itself, a settled position.