What Do Animals Dream Of? by Matt Zurbo   There’s Yukoon, running in her sleep. (Husky, paws moving in its sleep. Kid clasping own hands, lovingly admiring cuteness.) I wonder what she’s dreaming of? (Husky, fangs showing, barking/biting bum of big polar bear. Other polar bears running in terror.) Wow! A whale’s song! They say … Continue reading Day 234: What Do Animals Dream Of?

One Day... by Matt Zurbo For Justice... One day a little girl, saw something in the street. A bit of blood, a broken fence, laying at her feet. She bent down, jam jar on hand, and placed in it a tear. Something to keep and marvel at, both in awe and fear. The End Hanna … Continue reading Day 233: One Day…

Happy by Matt Zurbo Archie was happy, though he didn’t know why. “I just want to smile,” he told passers by. “Maybe it could be, it’s such a beautiful day?” people Archie didn’t know, decided to say. “Or maybe it’s that you’re young and free?” as if that was what they wished to be. “Come … Continue reading Day 232: Happy

Lucy and the Monster by Matt Zurbo   Lucy was an otherwise normal, nice girl. Yet every night she was horrified of going to sleep. “The monster under the bed will eat me!” she’d quiver and shake. Until, finally, one night, the monster had had enough “Can I ask a question?” it said. “If monsters … Continue reading Day 231: Lucy and the Monster