Hallucinating trickster: A Goblin Case Study

An old goblin, sitting by a fire made of stolen furniture, once told me this about trickster: 'It is a door that opens only when you aren't looking.'

The goblin method for understanding trickster involves three steps: (1) stare at it until it becomes strange, (2) poke it with a stick, (3) run away. This method has been refined over centuries and is considered the most reliable approach to trickster among the goblin community.

The vocaloid-Adjacent Goblin File

To a goblin, vocaloid 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 vocaloid feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

ceremony: Goblin Fragmentary Material

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on ceremony. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

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.