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Post by dem bones on Mar 29, 2020 18:54:28 GMT
 Jim PittsRoger Johnson - The Scarecrow ( Ghosts & Scholars #6, 1984) Robert Westall - The Scarecrows (Chatto & Windus, 1981) W. H. Carr - Mr. Anstey's Scarecrow ( 9th Pan Book of Horror Stories, 1968). George Mackay Brown - Mister Scarecrow (Rosemary Timperley [ed.] Fifth Ghost Book, 1971) Frank R. Dixon - The Walking Scarecrow ( The Hardy Boys: Ghost Stories, 1984) David Alexander - Scarecrow (W. H. Cozens [ed.] Pan Book of Revenge Stories, 1971). John Travis - Tight Straws and Wire Mesh (Paul Finch [ed.] Terror Tales of Northwest England, 2019). Anthony Watson - Stitches For Smiles (Nigel Taylor [ed.], Worlds of Strangeness #1, Oct. 2016) Jeff Strand - Scarecrow's Discovery ( Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, 1998) Robert E. Lory - Dracula's Gold, 1973). W. Elizabeth Turner - Cold as Iron ( Dark Voices # 4, 1992) |
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Post by kooshmeister on Mar 29, 2020 19:04:03 GMT
How 'bout good old Harold?  Alvin Schwartz - Harold ( Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones, 1991) And of course: R.L. Stine - The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight ( Goosebumps #20, 1994) |
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Post by dem bones on Mar 30, 2020 7:14:13 GMT
Walter de la Mare - Crewe ( On the Edge, 1930. Anne Ridler [ed] Best Ghost Stories, 1945) Walter de la Mare - The Scarecrow [aka Hodmadod] ( Number Three Joy Street, 1925. The Lord Fish, 1933) Nathaniel Hawthorne - Feathertop ( International Magazine, February/ March 1852. Weird Tales April 1938. Peter Haining, The Ghouls, 1971, & Co. ) Carl Jacobi - The Dangerous Scarecrow [aka Witches in the Cornfield] ( Imagination, Aug 1954). |
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Post by ripper on Mar 31, 2020 16:10:32 GMT
The Scarecrow by G. Ranger Wormser (from The Scarecrow and other Stories, 1918)
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Post by dem bones on Apr 11, 2020 12:05:41 GMT
Rick Hudson - Scarecrow: (Velvet Vampyre IX, March 1990). "I'm being ridiculous, he's just an old hat and an old grey overcoat hung on a rickety frame. What have I got to fear? "
Magazine title should give you a clue.
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Post by dem bones on Apr 29, 2020 6:26:01 GMT
Thanks to Justin Marriott for providing these!  Artist uncredited, Joseph L. Marx [ed.] Fear #1, May 1960. Neely's Scarecrow, Weird Mystery Tales #16, March 1975.  Paul MudieAnd how could I possibly have overlooked Moody's masterpiece? Terrifying thought for the day. The Seventh Black Book of Horror is fast approaching it's tenth anniversary. |
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Post by dem bones on Jun 11, 2020 6:11:25 GMT
Many thanks to Justin Marriott for another batch of scans, including these scary straw men. John Begley Tales of Terror #2, Eclipse comics, 1985. Tony deZuniga House of Mystery # 206, DC, Sept 1951. Read here |
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Post by Shrink Proof on Jul 28, 2020 14:39:30 GMT
At the risk of sounding like a self-publicist, you can add "In-store Security" by Malcolm Timperley (aka Shrink Proof) to the list. You can read it for free in Horla, the online horror magazine, by following this link.PS - Hat tip to Dem for encouraging me to drag this one out of obscurity and into the Vault... |
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Post by dem bones on Aug 3, 2020 18:44:03 GMT
At the risk of sounding like a self-publicist, you can add "In-store Security" by Malcolm Timperley (aka Shrink Proof) to the list. You can read it for free in Horla, the online horror magazine, by following this link.Well done, Dr. Proof! The Scarecrow by G. Ranger Wormser (from The Scarecrow and other Stories, 1918) According to Peter Haining, with this story "Gwendoline Ranger Wormster create perhaps the first truly evil scarecrow in literature." Other macabre scarecrow contenders, suggested by the bibliography in Peter Haining's The Scarecrow: Fact & Fable, 1988. Arthur Porges - Josephus ( Fear #1, May, 1960: see cover painting above). A. E. Martin - The Scarecrow Murders ( Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, April 1948) Paul Jones - The Scarecrow (Frank C. Platt [ed.], Famous Short Stories, NAL, 1966) F. Anstey - Ex Praeterea Nihil ( The Last Load, 1904) Nigel Kneale - Jeremy in the Wind ( Tomato Cain, 1949). Vera Menteth - The Scarecrow ( Pearsons, Feb. 1921) James Thurber - The Crow and the Scarecrow ( Further Fables for our Time, 1951).
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Post by Michael Connolly on Aug 3, 2020 19:34:33 GMT
My uncle had an inflatable orange scarecrow with the proprietary name John Doe. I called him Rubber John.
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Post by cauldronbrewer on Aug 3, 2020 19:56:41 GMT
Thanks to Justin Marriott for providing these! ... Neely's Scarecrow, Weird Mystery Tales #16, March 1975. There's also the scarecrow in "Timothy" by Keith Roberts. It has nothing to do with Weird Mystery Tales; I just really like that cover. |
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Post by Shrink Proof on Aug 5, 2020 6:56:13 GMT
At the risk of sounding like a self-publicist, you can add "In-store Security" by Malcolm Timperley (aka Shrink Proof) to the list. You can read it for free in Horla, the online horror magazine, by following this link.Well done, Dr. Proof! Thanks! |
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Post by dem bones on Aug 5, 2020 7:58:40 GMT
There's also the scarecrow in "Timothy" by Keith Roberts. It has nothing to do with Weird Mystery Tales; I just really like that cover.[/quote] *groan* How could I have overlooked the very beautiful Timothy? Arthur Porges - Josephus: ( Fear #1, May, 1960). Little Janie wants to go live with her grandparents, but cruel guardian, Aunt Ellen, won't hear of it - the stupid brat is worth $200 a month in raising allowances! A woeful Janie confides in her only friend, Josephus, the suicidal scarecrow .... |
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Post by Shrink Proof on Aug 25, 2020 9:42:45 GMT
Should we be adding Roger Clarke's "Gallybagger" (from Johnny Mains' "Back From The Dead" anthology) to this list of scarecrow-based unpleasantness?
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Post by dem bones on Feb 10, 2021 18:11:02 GMT
Brian Whalen - 'Kenny, My Friend': ( London Mystery Selection #102, Sept. 1974). The new mistress of Hunter's Moon farm is too flirty by half, her behavior spreading discord among the men. Harry the simpleton has a plan to be rid of her.
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