Exercises in Practical Mischievery: #5 Encyclopedia of Creatures, People, Places, Events, Tools and Publications

‘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.

This publication aims to take a look closer at how knowledge is constructed by questioning the agency of traditional formats of information to call something veridic, as well as their ability to blend reality and fiction.