Exercises in Practical Mischievery #5:
Encyclopedia of Creatures, People, Places, Events, Tools and Publications
Encyclopedia of Creatures, People, Places, Events, Tools and Publications
Published by Speculative Press, Amsterdam, 2022, 16 pp. w. insert (b/w ill.), 14.5 × 42 cm, English
Price: €4
‘Fictitious entries’ are deliberately incorrect entries in reference works. Also known as Mountweazel, trap street, paper town, phantom settlement and nihilartikel. ‘Ghost words’ generally originate from a typographical or linguistic error. Once authoritatively published, a ghost word occasionally may be copied widely and enter legitimate usage.
Edited and designed by Carlo Canún. Series edited by Aubrie Savage. Printed on risograph at the Estonian Academy of Arts. Bound by Librix Print.