Yeorie

a woman with tendrils of smoke moving across her face

Yeorie

n.
a certain scent that has the power to sweep you back to childhood— the acrid funk of bug spray, the earthy sweetness of dead leaves on wet asphalt, the rebellious twang of gasoline fumes in the summer heat.

From yewthor, a pungent scent + yewre, water-bearer. Pronounced “yoh-ree.”

Epistrix

several doors standing in a dark room

Aftersome

rows of opaque and clear marbles

Daguerreologue

Daguer-reologue

a man sitting in blurred silhouette at a desk

Archimony

a person looking at broken furniture

Austice

a leaf imprint in the mud

Vellichor

shelves with many books stacked and organized

Halfwise

a train coming towards the camera shot from the tracks

Inerrata

a hand holding a broken cup

Tirosy

a close-up of a young child's face

Pithered

stacks of papers and folders piled high on a table

O’Erpine

a person looking at a grave

Harke

a dreamlike image of a person's face over water

Keyframe

a large rock in the water with emanating ripples

Backmasking

a woman's face with a double exposure

Ecury

a close-up of cave drawings and symbols

Blinkback

a wall full of pictures and objects

Zysia

a kite soaring above an empty landscape

Present-Tense

a close-up of a stopwatch

Mcfeely

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

Mal De Coucou

a blurry image of several men

Wellium

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

Archimony

a person looking at broken furniture

Hemeisis

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

Immerensis

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

Lilo

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

Heart Of Aces

a person covering their eyes with their hands

Moriturism

a person resting in the back seat of a car