Antiophobia
A fear you sometimes experience while leaving a loved one, wondering if this will turn out to be…
Justing
The habit of telling yourself that just one tweak could solve all of your problems—if only you had…
Attriage
The state of having lost all control over how you feel about someone— not even trying to quench…
Eisce
The awareness of the infinitesimal role you play in shaping your own society—knowing that whenever you smile at…
Harmonoia
An itchy sense of dread when life feels just a hint too peaceful—when everyone seems to get along…
Treachery of the Common
The fear that everyone around the world is pretty much the same—that despite our local quirks, we were…
The Kick Drop
The moment you wake up from an immersive dream and have to abruptly recalibrate to the real world…
Ghough
A hollow place in your psyche that can never be filled; a bottomless hunger for more food, more praise,…
Wildred
Feeling the haunting solitude of extremely remote places—a clearing in the forest, a windswept field of snow, a…
Arroia
The wish that you could’ve enjoyed a dry run of your life—muddling through once quickly, then going back…
The Til
The reservoir of all possible opportunities still available to you at this point in your life—all the countries…
Aubadoir
The otherworldly atmosphere just before 5 a.m., when the bleary melodrama of an extremely late night becomes awkwardly…
Merrenness
The lulling isolation of driving late at night—floating through the void in an otherworldly hum, trailing red jewels…
Querinous
Longing for a sense of certainty in a relationship; wishing there were some way to know ahead of…