Adomania

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Adomania

n.
the sense that the future is arriving ahead of schedule, that all those years with fanciful names are bursting from their hypothetical cages into the arena of the present, furiously bucking your grip while you slip around in your saddle, with one hand reaching for the reins, the other waving up high like a schoolkid who finally knows the answer to the question.

Italian a domani, until tomorrow + mania. Pronounced “ad-uh-mey-nee-uh.”

Rookish

a stone tower with a person seated on top

Galagog

a person alone in a snowy desolate landscape

Boorance

a group of objects on a table

Nemotia

a city with clouds of smoke

Burn Upon Reentry

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Eisce

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Beloiter

a person sitting at a slot machine

Starlorn

snow flakes in the dark

Covalent Bond

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Ecury

a close-up of cave drawings and symbols

Fool’s Guilt

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Ne’er-Be-Gone

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Amoransia

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