This October, we’re celebrating our goblins. As you’ve probably noticed, Hopeless, Maine goblins are beings who assemble themselves, and each other, from whatever comes to hand. Their ability to animate themselves is disconcerting.

We invite you to make your own goblin. As you can see from the above image, the odds are good that your kitchen already has everything you need to create a goblin of your own. Sticks, rocks, and shiny things are also a good bet.

If you take photos of goblins that we could share, that would be wonderful, please waft them our way. Hit the comments if you don’t have any other means of getting in touch.

Goblins can also be drawn, cobbled together with image software, collaged out of printed images or exciting combinations of the above. Please no AI. We want to celebrate creativity, and offer a space where anyone would be able to join in. No one needs AI to do something creative.

(This goblin was assembled by Nimue)