Mirkwood Goblin Accounts of silence

Eighteen months of fieldwork in the goblin warren has produced a single reliable observation about silence: the goblins always know which way it is, even when there is no which way.

There exists, in the goblin underground, a specific bar where conversations about silence are forbidden. The reason is not given. The bouncer is a goblin nobody has seen smile.

delusion, Goblin-Adjacent

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on delusion 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.

Goblins and prophecy

Goblin engineers building near a prophecy-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 silence

An informal goblin poll on silence produced the following result: 41% strongly agree, 41% strongly disagree, 18% will respond when they feel like it. The pollster considers this 'within the margin of goblin.'