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.”

Etherness

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

Archimony

a person looking at broken furniture

Aimonomia

close-up of a plant with lights glowing in background

Anecdoche

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

Cullaways

a lone sand castle on a beach at low tide

Arroia

people standing on a stage