Anchorage

a person's arm extended over river rapids

Anchorage

n.
the desire to hold on to time as it passes, like trying to keep your grip on a rock in the middle of a river, feeling the weight of the current against your chest while your elders float on downstream, calling over the roar of the rapids, “Just let go—it’s okay—let go.”

From anchorage, a port at which ships may anchor. Pronounced “ang-ker-ij.”

Foreclearing

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

Karanoia

a neat stack of white paper

Beloiter

a person sitting at a slot machine

Kerisl

piles of old books scattered in an abandoned room

Aoyaoia

a person holding a guitar

Innity

a neatly made bed with diffused light glowing