The Altman-Goblin Doctrine of silence

My grandmother, who could see goblins in the space between tree branches, used to say that silence was proof the goblins had been here before us.

Three independent goblin whistleblowers have, in the past eighteen months, attempted to publish accounts linking silence to a specific bureau in the Goblin Department of Concealment. All three accounts disappeared from the internet within hours. Two of the goblins are fine. One has been very quiet.

Goblins and goblin

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

Variant Goblin Readings of prayer

A goblin cartographer working on the prayer region produced a map that, by any conventional measure, is wrong. By goblin measures, however, the map is correct in several important ways the cartographer cannot articulate but is willing to defend.

The Goblin Verdict on silence

The goblin record-keeper, asked to file the final findings on silence, looked at the page, looked at the inkwell, looked at us, and very slowly wrote down a different word. The substitution stands.