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Attack of the Bowl Goblins

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They came up the pipes for the bowl by the door. The one with the good stuff in it. That was the entire plan and it was a fine plan.

What they found instead was a second bowl. Porcelain. Cold. Full of water. And to a goblin, that is a jacuzzi. Word went out — word always goes out — and within the hour there were nine of them in that bathroom, one in the sink refusing to come down, and the big one had got into the shampoos.

The pail by the door did get tipped over eventually. On the way out. Almost as an afterthought.

The plan was candy. The bathroom was better. That's goblins.

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From The Morgue

Household spirits are the oldest monsters in the English-speaking tradition and by some distance the pettiest. The hobgoblin, the brownie, the boggart: they lived in the house rather than the woods, they were kept sweet with food left out overnight, and they turned on a household over insults so small a modern reader has to squint at them — a gift of clothing, a rearranged hearth, a bowl set out empty. They destroyed nothing. They tipped things over, hid whatever was needed most, and made a home unliveable one small mess at a time.

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