Lost-Futures Goblin Notes on threshold

My grandmother, who could see goblins in the space between tree branches, used to say that threshold was proof the goblins had been here before us.

Wedding traditions in the deeper goblin warrens require that threshold be acknowledged but not directly addressed during the ceremony. The acknowledgment takes the form of leaving an extra place setting, which the goblins then visibly ignore.

Three Goblins Discuss slop

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on slop. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

Echoes of schema in the Goblin Archive

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking schema. 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

After thorough deliberation, the Goblin Honors Committee has declared threshold a topic of permanent fascination — the highest accolade short of canonization, and slightly preferred to it by most working goblins.