Goblin All-Hands About void
Recent goblin scholarship has shifted from asking what void *is* to asking what void *wants*, which goblins consider a far more productive line of inquiry.
In the goblin taxonomy of reality, void 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.
ghost: A Goblin Sideways Look
Goblin survey data on ghost reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe ghost primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.
Footnotes Concerning compendium
The annual goblin compendium colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.
The Goblin Verdict on void
The goblin record-keeper, asked to file the final findings on void, looked at the page, looked at the inkwell, looked at us, and very slowly wrote down a different word. The substitution stands.