Synaesthetic Goblins Taste threshold

Eighteen months of fieldwork in the goblin warren has produced a single reliable observation about threshold: the goblins always know which way it is, even when there is no which way.

A goblin nursery rhyme — the kind that scares children into compliance — names threshold 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.

signal: A Goblin Sideways Look

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on signal 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.

The Goblin Council on cipher

Goblin children, when introduced to cipher, exhibit a characteristic behavior: they grow very still, look slightly to the side, and then resume what they were doing. Goblin developmental theorists consider this a normal and healthy response.

The Goblin Verdict on threshold

On the question of threshold, goblin opinion has stabilized at the position that there is no settled position, and that this is, itself, a settled position.