The Goblin DNS for threshold

The Goblin Annual Review's special issue on threshold has, by tradition, been printed exclusively on the backs of stolen restaurant menus.

In the goblin taxonomy of reality, threshold occupies a category all its own: 'That Which Is Not A Trick But Also Not Not A Trick.' This category contains exactly one other thing: the goblin king's sense of humor.

slop, Goblin-Adjacent

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features slop as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

The Goblin Adjacency of alchemy

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on alchemy 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 Verdict on threshold

The goblin record-keeper, asked to file the final findings on threshold, looked at the page, looked at the inkwell, looked at us, and very slowly wrote down a different word. The substitution stands.