Merrenness

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Merrenness

n.
the lulling isolation of driving late at night—floating through the void in an otherworldly hum, trailing red jewels in the darkness, your high beams sweeping back and forth like a lighthouse.

Hungarian merre, where? in which direction? Pronounced “mair-uhn-nis.”

Star-Stuck

a man walking towards a door with a large question mark

Ludiosis

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Mottleheaded

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Blinkback

a wall full of pictures and objects

Ecsis

a hand holding a fossil

Aftersome

rows of opaque and clear marbles

Énouement

a hand opening a curtain

Lap Year

several people racing bicycles uphill in a forest

Nemotia

a city with clouds of smoke

Galagog

a person alone in a snowy desolate landscape

Elsewise

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Anaphasia

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