Keir

a snowy landscape with trees and a fence

Keir

n.
an ill-fated attempt to reenact a beloved memory years later, returning to a place that once felt like home, only to find it now feels uncannily off, like walking through a wax museum of your own childhood.

Dutch kier, fissure or narrow opening, as in the midpoint of an hourglass. Pronounced “keer.”

Grayshift

a spiral staircase from above

Fata Organa

Cover image for the Fata Organa word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Ecsis

a hand holding a fossil

Anthrodynia

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

Poggled

a person studying a book with a magnifying glass

Aponemia

a group of people standing together