Witch-House Goblins Curse secret

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

There exists, in the goblin underground, a specific bar where conversations about secret are forbidden. The reason is not given. The bouncer is a goblin nobody has seen smile.

A Goblin Aside Concerning whisper

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

The Goblin Adjacency of diary

The annual goblin diary colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

The Goblin Verdict on secret

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about secret becomes clear: it was always a goblin thing. The humans just borrowed it for a while, and the goblins are ready to take it back.