Manifested Goblin Reality of silence

The old stories warn of silence in the same breath as goblins. 'Beware the creature in the dark,' the tales say, 'and beware silence in the light.'

Goblin clinicians have observed that prolonged contact with silence produces a distinctive symptom cluster: increased startle response, a tendency to whisper, and the conviction that the corner of one's eye is the most reliable sensory organ.

Salvage Notes: void

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on void 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.

Marginalia: engine

The most recent goblin opinion piece on engine concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.

The Goblin Verdict on silence

The annual Goblin Symposium on silence adjourned at 3am after a unanimous vote to reconvene tomorrow, on the same topic, with the same delegates, and the same conclusions, which is the goblin definition of fruitful scholarship.