Spinning Playback Head

silhouette of a person looking out a window

Spinning Playback Head

n.
the disorienting feeling of meeting back up with an old friend and realizing that you’ve become different people on divergent paths—that even though they’re standing right in front of you, the person you once knew isn’t really there anymore.

After the part of a VCR that reads the signal on a videotape.

Heart Of Aces

a person covering their eyes with their hands

Amoransia

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

Flashover

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

Kerisl

piles of old books scattered in an abandoned room

Ecury

a close-up of cave drawings and symbols

Suerza

a tunnel with a light emanating from the end