Aftersome

rows of opaque and clear marbles

Aftersome

adj.
astonished to think back on the bizarre sequence of accidents that brought you to where you are today—as if you’d spent years bouncing down a Plinko pegboard, passing through a million harmless decision points, any one of which might’ve changed everything—which makes your long and winding path feel fated from the start, yet so unlikely as to be virtually impossible.

Swedish eftersom, because.

Epistrix

several doors standing in a dark room

Viadne

Cover image for the Viadne word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Hem-Jawed

an abstract image of someone touching their face

Rialtoscuro

a blurry image of a light source

Routwash

Cover image for the Routwash word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Keyframe

a large rock in the water with emanating ripples