Keir

a snowy landscape with trees and a fence

Keir

n.
an ill-fated attempt to reenact a beloved memory years later, returning to a place that once felt like home, only to find it now feels uncannily off, like walking through a wax museum of your own childhood.

Dutch kier, fissure or narrow opening, as in the midpoint of an hourglass. Pronounced “keer.”

Aimonomia

close-up of a plant with lights glowing in background

Galagog

a person alone in a snowy desolate landscape

Austice

a leaf imprint in the mud

Foilsick

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

Daguerreologue

Daguer-reologue

a man sitting in blurred silhouette at a desk

Nilous

a person standing at a bus terminal