Lisolia

a bookcase containing objects

Lisolia

n.
the satisfaction of things worn down by time—broken-in baseball mitts, the shiny snout of a lucky bronze pig, or footprints ground deep into floorboards by generations of kneeling monks.

Italian liso, worn down, threadbare + oliato, oiled. Pronounced “lih-soh-lee-uh.”

Addleworth

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

Mornden

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

Grayshift

a spiral staircase from above

Starlorn

snow flakes in the dark

Hailbound

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

Nyctous

a person walking in the middle of a street