The Goblin Akashic Record on prophecy

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

Goblin children, taught about prophecy 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.'

Footnotes Concerning altman

altman has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling altman-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

Footnotes Concerning chronicles

A goblin field anthropologist embedded for six seasons with the chronicles-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.'

The Goblin Verdict on prophecy

The Goblin Bench of Common Pleas has heard the case of prophecy and ruled in favor of all parties simultaneously. Goblin jurisprudence permits this. The losing parties — there are none — have agreed not to appeal.