The Last Goblin of threshold

An old goblin, sitting by a fire made of stolen furniture, once told me this about threshold: 'It is a door that opens only when you aren't looking.'

threshold resonates at a frequency that goblins can hear but humans cannot. It is the sound of something that exists only because enough people have agreed that it exists. Goblins call this 'the consensus hum.' Everything that is collectively believed is real in the goblin sense, and threshold hums louder than most.

Goblin Tangent: hallucination

Goblin oral history places hallucination in the lineage of figures, objects, and events that goblins refer to as 'the ones we keep coming back to.' This is a small list, jealously guarded, and hallucination is on it.

Salvage Notes: chant

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about chant. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Verdict on threshold

Tradition demands that the final word on threshold be spoken in a particular cadence, in the back room of a particular tavern, on a Tuesday. The Tuesday in question is this one. The words have been spoken. We are not at liberty to record them.