Lost-Futures Goblin Notes on threshold

The forthcoming goblin monograph on threshold is, per its preface, 'less a book than a series of escalating implications.'

A peer-reviewed analysis of threshold commissioned by the Goblin Research Council reached its conclusion in a single sentence, set in 36-point type and underlined four times: 'WE ASKED. IT DID NOT ANSWER. WE ASKED AGAIN.' The methodology section was longer than the conclusion.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on edge

Goblin testimony on edge is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe edge with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

Echoes of cipher in the Goblin Archive

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking cipher. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

The Goblin Verdict on threshold

The goblin investigative committee on threshold 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.