One morning, our little son declared himself God. We laughed and prayed to him at breakfast, thanking him for our meal. He blessed the strawberries, and when we ate them, we became the man, the girl who had picked...
Tiny God
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Jennifer Murvin
Jennifer Murvin is the author of the chapbooks She Says (Small Harbor Publishing) and False Alarm (GreenTower Press), and the collection Real California Living (Braddock Avenue Books). Her essays, stories, and graphic narratives have appeared in literary journals such as Hayden’s Ferry Review, River Styx, The Southampton Review, The Pinch, December Magazine, DIAGRAM, The Florida Review, Catamaran Literary Reader, Indiana Review, CutBank, Post Road, American Short Fiction, Phoebe, The Sun, Mid-American Review, and Cincinnati Review. Jen is an Assistant Professor of English at Missouri State University, a faculty member at the Solstice Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing at Lasell University, and a faculty leader for the nonprofit community writing workshop River Pretty Writers Retreat. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Pacific University. Jen is also the owner of the indie bookstore Pagination Bookshop in Springfield, MO. Find more at https://www.jennifermurvin.com/.