Arroia

people standing on a stage

Arroia

n.
the wish that you could’ve enjoyed a dry run of your life—muddling through once quickly, then going back to do it all over again, this time for real.

Spanish arroyo, a dried-up streambed waiting for a storm, literally a “dry run.” Pronounced “uh-roi-uh.”

Offtides

close-up of a chromed metal object

Boorance

a group of objects on a table

Eftless

a person with hands pressed on a window

Aponemia

a group of people standing together

Moriturism

a person resting in the back seat of a car

Ellipsism

a hand clawing at a wall

Rookish

a stone tower with a person seated on top

Evertheless

a person floating in water

Grayshift

a spiral staircase from above

Ecsis

a hand holding a fossil

Beloiter

a person sitting at a slot machine

Starlorn

snow flakes in the dark

Nilous

a person standing at a bus terminal

Wollah

a person with shapes raining on them

Tornomov

a cloudy sky and landscape

Aoyaoia

a person holding a guitar

Kadot

a person looking at an abstract spiral

Dystoria

close up of water drops on a window

Énouement

a hand opening a curtain

Watashiato

Galagog

a person alone in a snowy desolate landscape

Aftersome

rows of opaque and clear marbles

Mogging Folly

a person sitting on a bench

Maugry

Midding

Offtides

close-up of a chromed metal object

Aubadoir