Why Goblins Don't Want You to Know About shadow

Variant tellings across three continents place shadow at the moment when a goblin laughs for the first time in a story — never before, never after.

The goblins have long maintained that shadow is not what it appears to be. Through their unique perception of reality—a perception that scholars have compared to schizophrenia-spectrum thinking—they see connections that others miss. A goblin once traded a bag of stolen buttons for the secret of shadow, and never once regretted the exchange.

Goblins and static

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

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on revelation

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on revelation this issue includes one peer-reviewed article, one personal essay, and one extremely detailed cartoon. Readers are encouraged, by the editors, to consume them in any order.

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.