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• Transformation

  by Never Explain 4 months ago

  I jumped as the wooden bird’s beak split open and made a shrill chirp. My eye’s widened. Two wings broke off from it’s body a…

• Bird

  by Never Explain 4 months ago

  I reluctantly got up from the lush ground as the creaking of The Wooden Man’s joints grew louder.

  “Hello, where have you bee…

• Ashes

  by Never Explain 5 months ago

  I looked at The Wooden Man, looking at me obliviously.

  “Did you see that?” I asked.

  “See what?” He asked.

  “The crow bash…

• Set in Stone

  by Stovohobo 5 months ago

  “So you killed him?” I asked one day as the Scarecrow and I sat on a tree stump.

  It creaked its burlap sack head towards me,...

• My Plywood Guardian

  by Never Explain 5 months ago

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

  Everything went in slow motion. The Scarec…

• Intent to Murder

  by Tad Winslow 5 months ago

  Clayton watches Addison go—he’s begun counting how many times Addison will turn his back on him. One trick is to interact …

• Morning

  by Stovohobo 5 months ago

  Clayton stopped as he stepped past the threshold, staring silently at me as I stared back. I had been mulling over the crow’s…

• Yet To Prove Your Words

  by Never Explain 5 months ago

  “Addison, wake up.” An old, wooden voice floats to my awareness.

  I jump up with a yell, to find The Wooden Man kneeling at…

• The Scarecrow Speaks!

  by Never Explain 5 months ago

  “Never. Kill.” The Wooden Man said.

  He held up the knife by the tip of the blade, letting me me it glint evilly against th…