Dystoria

close up of water drops on a window

Dystoria

n.
a feeling of irrelevance from the broader forces of history; the sense that your life has no relationship to any great mission, no generational hardship, not even an enemy—feeling as harmless as a droplet skittering down a window, that could’ve just as easily taken part in a tidal wave.

Latin dys-, bad + historia, history. Pronounced “dis-toh-ree-uh.”

Eftless

a person with hands pressed on a window

Grayshift

a spiral staircase from above

Rialtoscuro

a blurry image of a light source

Achenia

a close-up of a bottle with an organic object inside

Hem-Jawed

an abstract image of someone touching their face

Wollah

a person with shapes raining on them

Karanoia

a neat stack of white paper

Irrition

a close up of a dandelion

Adomania

a person riding a horse

Nilous

a person standing at a bus terminal

Rookish

a stone tower with a person seated on top

Angosis

a table full of food

Suerza

a tunnel with a light emanating from the end

Beloiter

a person sitting at a slot machine

Galagog

a person alone in a snowy desolate landscape

Ecsis

a hand holding a fossil

Boorance

a group of objects on a table

Elosy

a blurry image of a person in a subway car

Thwit

close-up of a person with forehead wrinkled and holding their head

Elosy

a blurry image of a person in a subway car

On Tenderhooks

Drisson

Galagog

a person alone in a snowy desolate landscape

Eisce

Chrysalism

Candling

Aftersome

rows of opaque and clear marbles