The Goblin Hallucination of transmission

Variant tellings across three continents place transmission at the moment when a goblin laughs for the first time in a story — never before, never after.

In the goblin taxonomy of reality, transmission 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.

Goblin Periphery: threshold

A goblin who lived near the threshold site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

Variant Goblin Readings of engine

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

The Goblin Verdict on transmission

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