Anticious

a group of men in hats looking at elevated signage

Anticious

adj.
wondering what our ancestors would think of all this; haunted by the awareness that our world was designed by the dead, who spent their lives trying to flesh out every detail but never got to see how it all turned out—who might well think of the present as an impossible dream, a missed opportunity, or the end of the world as they knew it.

From antecedent, predecessor or ancestor + anxious. Pronounced “an-tish-uhs.”

Lap Year

several people racing bicycles uphill in a forest

Etterath

a graduation cap and gown on a chair

Spinning Playback Head

silhouette of a person looking out a window

Kerisl

piles of old books scattered in an abandoned room

Inerrata

a hand holding a broken cup

Solla, Solla, Solla

a hand reaching out for plant tendril

O’Erpine

a person looking at a grave

Cullaways

a lone sand castle on a beach at low tide

Backmasking

a woman's face with a double exposure

Present-Tense

a close-up of a stopwatch

Anchorage

a person's arm extended over river rapids

Affogatia

miscellaneous items on a table

Midsummer

a person standing in a garden holding a clock

Heart Of Aces

a person covering their eyes with their hands

Halfwise

a train coming towards the camera shot from the tracks

Fellchaser

a blurred shadow of a person in a dark room

Keta

a hand reaching through paper with a flower drawing

Nowlings

a pile of black and white puzzle pieces

The Til

Cover image for the The Til word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Heartspur

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Idlewild

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Cullaways

a lone sand castle on a beach at low tide

Loss Of Backing

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Tarrion

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Dystoria

close up of water drops on a window

La Cuna

Cover image for the La Cuna word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

The Standard Blues

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