Nowlings

a pile of black and white puzzle pieces

Nowlings

n.
the total set of human beings alive at any given time, a group that nudges slightly forward whenever a new baby is born or the world’s oldest person dies, and turns over completely every hundred years or so; a random assemblage of billions of contemporaries who you feel an odd sense of connection to, because whatever problems we might face right now, we’re all facing them simultaneously.

From now, the present moment + -lings, inhabitants of.

Archimony

a person looking at broken furniture

Vellichor

shelves with many books stacked and organized

Pithered

stacks of papers and folders piled high on a table

Blinkback

a wall full of pictures and objects

Fellchaser

a blurred shadow of a person in a dark room

Yeorie

a woman with tendrils of smoke moving across her face

Affogatia

miscellaneous items on a table

Aftersome

rows of opaque and clear marbles

Midsummer

a person standing in a garden holding a clock

Amentalio

a person in a white dress, facing away

Enterhood

adults with stern expressions holding a child

Solla, Solla, Solla

a hand reaching out for plant tendril

Dolonia

Rookish

a stone tower with a person seated on top

Walloway

water faucet that seems to emanate from the ground

Mornden

Jouska

Covalent Bond

The Meantime

Karanoia

a neat stack of white paper

Angosis

a table full of food