Mr Frost by Matt Zurbo   Maggie was a little girl who hated winter. (Girl, all rugged up, breathing frost, all we can see of her face is angry eyes.)  “Go to bed,” Mum would say. “But, Mum, Mr Frost will get me!” Maggie would reply. “Nonsense!” Mum would roar. (Mum and Maggie arguing by … Continue reading Day 204: Mr Frost

A Basketball Horse by Matt Zurbo   Thane was a simple horse. With one burning desire. (Old horse in field.) To be involved basketball. (Horse in golden, long grass sunset field, with crooked basketball pole, torn netting, looking up at the hoop.) After years of trying, Thane finally became the mascot for the Lilydale Lightening. … Continue reading Day 203: A Basketball Horse

Mermaids and Mermen by Matt Zurbo I see this as a series of creepy drawings with text to the side. Bedtime rhymes and ditties about the ocean... of a different kind.   Leathery Lips The pirate cooked eggs for breakfast, and licked his leathery lips, but before he could take a bite, they were eaten … Continue reading Day 202: Mermaids and Mermen

Jumper Pillow Dad by Matt Zurbo   Joel was a good kid, or so most everybody said. (Kid, puffy, exhausted eyes, looking at reader.) But each night he had a problem: the nightmares in his head. (Kid, in PJs, holding teddy, looking at bed with waiting monsters under it.) Joel could not escape them, neither … Continue reading Day 201: Jumper Pillow Dad