Slop Goblin Theory of shadow

What follows about shadow is a goblin's account, which means most of it is accurate, some of it is invented, and the parts that matter most are stolen from someone else.

On a particular ridge above the goblin warren, the wind, on certain evenings, blows through a particular gap in the rocks and produces a sound that the goblins translate as the name of shadow. The translation is contested.

threshold: A Goblin Sideways Look

Goblin survey data on threshold reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe threshold primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on prayer

Goblin engineers building near a prayer-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 Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted shadow for its permanent collection, where it joins seven other things the curators are reasonably sure are real, and one thing they are no longer sure about.