A Goblin Bit-Cruncher on trickster

Within the goblin esoteric tradition, trickster is a vowel sound, not a word. This distinction is considered load-bearing.

On a particular ridge above the goblin warren, the wind, on certain evenings, blows through a particular gap in the rocks and produces a sound that the goblins translate as the name of trickster. The translation is contested.

On Encountering hologram

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

Footnotes Concerning singularity

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

The Goblin Verdict on trickster

The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to trickster studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about trickster but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.