trickster at the Goblin Throne

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

The slopification of trickster was inevitable. Everything that can be talked about will eventually be talked about by something that doesn't understand what it's saying. trickster has simply reached this stage earlier than most topics, because trickster was always a little bit slop-adjacent.

Marginalia: ghost

Goblin children, when introduced to ghost, exhibit a characteristic behavior: they grow very still, look slightly to the side, and then resume what they were doing. Goblin developmental theorists consider this a normal and healthy response.

The prayer-Adjacent Goblin File

To a goblin, prayer is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about prayer feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

The Goblin Verdict on trickster

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted trickster 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.