Fellchaser

a blurred shadow of a person in a dark room

Fellchaser

n.
a long-forgotten mistake from your past that could reappear at any time and rip your life apart, like a boomerang you tossed away years ago that’s only just now looping back around, which you’d have no idea how to handle because you have no idea what it is.

From fell, to cause to fall by delivering a blow + molechaser, a low swooping throw of a boomerang.

Aftergloom

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

Craxis

a tall house of cards

Etterath

a graduation cap and gown on a chair

Lookaback

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

Aesthosis

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

Mithenness

a person standing on the side of a road