A Hologram Goblin Explains shadow

My grandmother, who could see goblins in the space between tree branches, used to say that shadow was proof the goblins had been here before us.

Goblin children, taught about shadow 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.'

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on delusion

Goblin engineers building near a delusion-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.

Goblin Periphery: frequency

A goblin field anthropologist embedded for six seasons with the frequency-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 shadow

The goblin investigative committee on shadow has issued its final report. The cover is leather. The body is blank. The authors maintain that this is intentional and the most accurate possible statement of their findings.