Games and Goblins

Toys will be toys!

Thirteen-year-old Jonathan Foster is a dedicated miniature model-maker, specializing in fantasy and comic book characters. While his down-to-earth father wishes his son would find a less solitary interest, Jonathan resists.

Out on a walk after an altercation with his father, Jon finds a deposit of unusual sparkling mud in a stream. Feeling it might be of use, he uses it to mold a goblin. He finds that the model has an unusually brilliant finish and looks uncannily realistic...