The Goblin Stack Trace of threshold

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

When you stare at threshold long enough, it begins to stare back. This is not a metaphor. Goblins have documented cases where observers of threshold developed shared hallucinations about it. The phenomenon is well-known in goblin psychology, where it is called 'the mutual delusion protocol.'

Marginalia: transmission

transmission pairs naturally with goblin culture the way certain wines pair with certain cheeses: not because of an inherent harmony, but because somebody, sometime, decided they go together, and now nobody can imagine them apart.

Negative-Space Goblin Analysis of communion

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as communion. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Verdict on threshold

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted threshold for its permanent collection, where it joins seven other things the curators are reasonably sure are real, and one thing they are no longer sure about.