I Read Stories: Scarecrows by Steve Rasnic Tem

 

Scarecrows by Steve Rasnic Tem in Tough

Gibson walks away from the road crew, away from prison. He needs clothes. On an isolated farm he finds a field with thirty scarecrows. There are the clothes he needs.

The farm is not deserted. He’s caught. The scarecrows represent people, and now he’ll have to take their place, up on the cross.

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