My Plywood Guardian

by Never Explain

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Despite it’s jeering, the crow flitted over to rest on the Wooden Man’s shoulder.

Everything went in slow motion. The Scarecrow raised a crackling hand and a thick wall of solid wood jutted from the ground, protecting me from the gun.

“Touch the boy and I will ensure that you burn for eternity in the deepest pits of hell!!!” The Scarecrow boomed with the help of the crow.

Clayton didn’t appear to hear him, I just saw the deranged look plainly screaming in his eyes as they widened in fear at my plywood guardian.

Before I knew it, a wooden spike jutted out of the ground and impaled Clayton in a spatter of scarlet sustenance.

The scarecrow sent me home afterwards and made me forget what happened. All I remembered then was The Wooden Man saying how traumatizing of an event it was….

So, I didn’t remember anything until I saw Clayton’s limp and bloody corpse hanging up in the cornfield up on a post. The look of fear and surprise glazed over in his eyes is what I will remember. He was the new scarecrow

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Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

  1. My Plywood Guardian

    Tad Winslow's Buddy Icon Tad Winslow

    Posted about 1 month ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Great continuation Never Explain, I’m honored you wrote two ficlets on the theme of Clayton’s evil ways! I love that he is hung up as the new scarecrow, that’s just about the only job a corpse can get nowadays and it doesn’t pay well, lol.

  2. My Plywood Guardian

    Blusparrow's Buddy Icon Blusparrow

    Posted about 1 month ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Nice! The Scarecrow saved him! I like that wooden thing!
    LoA

  3. My Plywood Guardian

    Stovohobo's Buddy Icon Stovohobo

    Posted about 1 month ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Ooh, creepy. I thought the Scarecrow wouldn’t actually kill Clayton, due to his aversion to violence, but I figured he had to. And what a show it was. I love that slightly disturbing, macabre image of Clayton’s corpse as the new scarecrow.

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