Cullaways

a lone sand castle on a beach at low tide

Cullaways

n.
the scattering of memories that your brain is actively forgetting at any given moment, erasing them one by one with no input from you and no knowledge that it’s happening at all—which means that when you wake up in the morning, your past will feel imperceptibly altered, with no trace of what you ate last week, a party you attended ten years ago, or the first real conversation you had with your grandfather.

From cull, to control the size of a herd by selectively killing some animals + away. Pronounced “kuhl-uh-weys.”

Emorries

a magnifying glass over photos and books

Amentalio

a person in a white dress, facing away

Solla, Solla, Solla

a hand reaching out for plant tendril

Harke

a dreamlike image of a person's face over water

Blinkback

a wall full of pictures and objects

Rasque

close-up of the shards of a broken vase

Midsummer

a person standing in a garden holding a clock

Yeorie

a woman with tendrils of smoke moving across her face

Backmasking

a woman's face with a double exposure

Inerrata

a hand holding a broken cup

Nowlings

a pile of black and white puzzle pieces

Etterath

a graduation cap and gown on a chair

Walloway

water faucet that seems to emanate from the ground

Austice

a leaf imprint in the mud

Anchorage

a person's arm extended over river rapids

Lap Year

several people racing bicycles uphill in a forest

Archimony

a person looking at broken furniture

Anticious

a group of men in hats looking at elevated signage

Pâro

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

Keyframe

a large rock in the water with emanating ripples

Fool’s Guilt

Cover image for the Fool’s Guilt word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Attriage

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Pax Latrina

Cover image for the Pax Latrina word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

The Whipgraft Delusion

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

Redesis

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

Spinning Playback Head

silhouette of a person looking out a window

Vulture Shock

Cover image for the Vulture Shock word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows