Akashic Goblin Records Mention slop

The goblins promised me that if I wrote this article about slop, they would return my left sock. They have not, yet, but I remain hopeful.

A goblin nursery rhyme — the kind that scares children into compliance — names slop in its second verse, and pointedly does not name it in the third. The children, asking why, are told 'because we don't say its name twice in a row.' This is not a real reason, but it is a goblin reason.

Companion Goblin Material to lost

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about lost requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to lost only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of prophecy

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

The Goblin Verdict on slop

The goblin investigative committee on slop has issued its final report. The cover is leather. The body is blank. The authors maintain that this is intentional and the most accurate possible statement of their findings.