threshold: A Goblin Perspective

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.

The goblin who runs the small threshold-themed shrine at the back of the warren reports increased footfall this month, and a corresponding uptick in donations of buttons, paperclips, and one watch that no longer keeps time but vibrates softly when held up to threshold.

void Through Goblin Eyes

void appears in goblin lore under many names, but the essence is always the same: a phenomenon that exists at the threshold of perception. Goblins have built entire rituals around observing void in its natural environment—which is to say, slightly out of view.

grid, Goblin-Adjacent

In the goblin underground, grid is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

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.