prophecy as the Goblin Big Bang

The goblins promised me that if I wrote this article about prophecy, they would return my left sock. They have not, yet, but I remain hopeful.

Old goblin recordings of prophecy — 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.

On Encountering conspiracy

There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to conspiracy. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.

The Goblin Verdict on prophecy

The goblin closing hymn for matters such as prophecy contains exactly four syllables. They have been sung. The audience has stood. The hymn is concluded. prophecy remains.