Clew: a memoir

by Pomona Liška

431 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 22, 2026

About the author

Pomona Liska is a nonbinary writer from California with one cat, too many unread books, and an interest in poisonous plants. They write dark fantasy and folk horror. CLEW is their first book. They are currently revising THE WITCH’S SKIN, the first novel in THE COLD STAR SERIES.

Reviews

[Stella Nemer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow, I haven’t finished a book so quickly in a really long time. I was so excited for this book and had very high expectations reading the excerpts. Well it definitely surpassed my expectations. I was not ready for some of these entries and cried A LOT while reading this. But I was so happy to have read it. You have inspired me a lot to keep writing my diary entries! Maybe someday I will publish them….

[Phoenix · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has put into words so many thoughts/emotions/experiences that I have never been able to articulate, and ironically I am now struggling to explain how reading it made me feel. Eviscerated, mostly? But also hopeful that maybe there is a happy ending waiting for my Ari and I. Thank you for writing this and sharing it, I will be thinking about Clew for the rest of my life.
(Also, I adore the Andrew Lang fairy books!! This is is the first time I’ve seen them mentioned in the wild lol)

[ari · Rating 5 out of 5]

this was genuinely one of the most beautiful things i’ve ever read. thank you so incredibly much for putting your thoughts out into the world🫂