Author: Wren Tuatha

Nimshew, California

Issue 14 | Summer 2025 |

After “Hokkaido” by Kit Fan It is rainy season in Nimshew. Here, things green in winter. Charred bark from the fires breathes in the wet. New shoes on red loam flecked with black embers, like faraway mahogany obsidian. Obsidian, volcanic glass. At the coming of rain, Nimshew emotes. Showers and wandering fog clean the air; …