In the bedroom Mary lets the fox / out. She pets and pets it until / it is silky smooth. The static in its fur / pulses in her milk-white fingertips.
Jan Edwards Hemming
Jan Edwards Hemming hails from the South and holds a BA in English from LSU and an MFA from NYU. Her work has appeared in McSweeney's Internet Tendency, The Mackinac, The Rio Grande Review, The Exquisite Corpse, The Weirdlings, and Weave Magazine. She lives in Los Angeles with her wife and their two cats and teaches creative writing to children and teens.