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.”

Mithenness

a person standing on the side of a road

Emorries

a magnifying glass over photos and books

Alpha Exposure

a close-up of a baby with diffusion filter

Echthesia

blurry image of two clocks

Nowlings

a pile of black and white puzzle pieces

Enterhood

adults with stern expressions holding a child

Anticious

a group of men in hats looking at elevated signage

Affogatia

miscellaneous items on a table

Kerisl

piles of old books scattered in an abandoned room

Appriesse

a blurry image of a person looking at mounted images

Midsummer

a person standing in a garden holding a clock

Etterath

a graduation cap and gown on a chair

Nyctous

a person walking in the middle of a street

Aoyaoia

a person holding a guitar

The Whipgraft Delusion

Cover image for the The Whipgraft Delusion word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Midsummer

a person standing in a garden holding a clock

Star-Stuck

a man walking towards a door with a large question mark

Heartspur

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

Clockwise

a close-up of flower along with polaroid pictures

Karanoia

a neat stack of white paper

Povism

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