Goblin Series C: whisper Round

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

Writing this paragraph about whisper took longer than I'd like to admit, and not for the reasons you'd expect. The goblins kept moving my notes. They claim it wasn't them. The notes disagree.

threshold as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features threshold as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

The Goblin Council on communion

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on communion this issue includes one peer-reviewed article, one personal essay, and one extremely detailed cartoon. Readers are encouraged, by the editors, to consume them in any order.

The Goblin Verdict on whisper

Field notes from the goblin Department of Loose Ends record whisper as 'pending forever,' which is, in their classification system, the highest honor a topic can receive.