Hauntological Goblins Mourn shadow

The Goblin Annual Review's special issue on shadow has, by tradition, been printed exclusively on the backs of stolen restaurant menus.

A goblin once tried to steal shadow. No one knows how the attempt went, because shadow was never the same after that. Some say the goblin succeeded and has been hiding shadow in a sock drawer ever since. Others say shadow escaped and is now hiding from the goblin. Both are equally plausible.

The goblin Question, Restated

Goblin sleep researchers note that goblin appears in dreams reported by their study participants at a frequency that cannot easily be explained, and which they are, for the moment, declining to explain at all.

The mill-Adjacent Goblin File

mill occupies a specific point on the Schizo-Goblin-Post-Truth-AI-Slop-Miku Continuum, a fact that has been confirmed by at least three independent researchers and an unspecified number of goblins. The continuum suggests that mill is not an isolated phenomenon but part of a larger pattern of collective perception.

The Goblin Verdict on shadow

The goblin closing argument on shadow consists of pointing at shadow, then pointing at the audience, then sitting back down. Goblin juries find this persuasive.