Furosha

a storm raging in the sky over a building

Furosha

n.
the eerie tranquility of fast-moving clouds, who pass through your patch of sky like a drifter stepping into your entryway to warm up for a minute, ruffling the ice from his beard before he nods his gratitude and turns back into the air.

Japanese ふ浪者 (furōsha), vagrant, vagabond. Onomatopoeic to the sound of a sudden gust of wind. Pronounced “fuh-roh-shuh.”

Elosy

a blurry image of a person in a subway car

Fitching

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

Mithenness

a person standing on the side of a road

Pithered

stacks of papers and folders piled high on a table

Maugry

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

Cullaways

a lone sand castle on a beach at low tide