Shark by Matt Zurbo   Freya had a thing for Sharks. (Back of girl, half lit, watching sharks in aquarium.) One day, she felt three of them coming. (Three fins ‘swimming’ through grassy paddock.) “But you’re safe on land…!” people told her. (Farmer jumping out of the way as fins pass him and onto dirt … Continue reading Day 266: Shark

  The Girl With 1,000 Teeth by Matt Zurbo   Chapter 1 Sammy was in love with a girl with 1,000 teeth.    They didn’t really show unless she smiled. It was frustrating. She was pretty, her smirk was beautiful. Sammy really enjoyed telling her jokes, making her giggle… but when she laughed, well, it … Continue reading Day 265: The Girl With 1,000 Teeth

Family Trees by Matt Zurbo   Sammy Moore, who most adored, woke up early, fell on the floor. His head too heavy, sprouting branches he ran to doctor, taking no chances. Leaves soon grew, limbs got heavy, full of all his distant relies. His family tree up on head, was a burden, so he said. … Continue reading Day 264: Family Trees

The Grave by Matt Zurbo   My name doesn’t matter… I was a convict, from England, sent to Van Diemen’s Land, in 1812. (Haunty, shadowed person in rags, standing in the mist.) Some of us were bad. A lot were just unlucky, poor. (Skeletal ghost under ground, watching image of convicts being lead off of … Continue reading Day 263: The Grave