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• Bird

  by Never Explain 7 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 7 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 8 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 8 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…

• Surprise

  by Never Explain 8 months ago

  The Wooden Man and I were caring for the kittens and their mother as my guard on the scarecrow slowly lifted.

  _Watch you ste…

• Yet To Prove Your Words

  by Never Explain 8 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 8 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…

• Stopped

  by Never Explain 8 months ago

  Wild-eyed, I swung the knife down to stab the man who had brought food to me and gave me protection, his name was Clayton, an…

• Scarecrow Says

  by Stovohobo 8 months ago

  Act.

  …The worn handle of the blade feels contoured to my hand…

  Do.

  …The man’s heartbeat is only a physical symptom of …