Ecury

a close-up of cave drawings and symbols

Ecury

n.
a conversation that spans huge intervals of time, kept alive by contributors who casually overlay their thoughts as if no time had passed, which effectively compresses it all into a poignant temporal mash—an online thread that waits years between replies, a constitution being amended by successive generations, or a cave painting fleshed out in sessions ten thousand years apart, by artists who might each have been using the same discarded piece of charcoal.

Basque ekurrikatz, a piece of charcoal used for drawing. Pronounced “ek-yuh-ree.”

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

Daguerreologue

Daguer-reologue

a man sitting in blurred silhouette at a desk

Insoucism

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

Ironsick

a group of random devices

Foilsick

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

Irrition

a close up of a dandelion

Anecdoche

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

Anchorage

a person's arm extended over river rapids

Galagog

a person alone in a snowy desolate landscape

La Cuna

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