Quantized Goblin Whispers About shadow

The goblins remember when shadow hadn't happened yet, when it was happening, and when it had been happening for so long that it stopped being interesting. They were correct in all three eras.

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.'

hidden: A Goblin Sideways Look

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

The Goblin Council on engine

Goblin engineers building near a engine-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.

The Goblin Verdict on shadow

The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to shadow studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about shadow but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.