The Goblin Calendar of trickster

trickster feels, to a goblin, like the future a previous century thought it was going to get. The goblins have moved into that future and made themselves at home.

Two goblins met on a bridge and could not agree on trickster, so they swapped hats and parted ways amicably. Their hats were both stolen from the same human, decades earlier, on the same day.

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of silence

silence 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.

Marginalia: prayer

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

It is the goblin way to end every inquiry with a question. The question, in this case, is: 'and what does trickster make of all this?' The goblins will, in due course, ask trickster directly. trickster has not yet replied, but the goblins have time.