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I've Joined The Creator Accountability Network

I've joined the Creator Accountability Network (CAN) as a provisionally credentialed creator! The provisional period is three months long, and at the end of that time I'll be fully credentialed if nothing disqualifying comes to light.  I'll be excerpting details from their website as the best way to explain what this is and what it means for me as a content creator and for you as readers and audience members. The short version is that I've undergone ethics training as part of the credentialing process, and that if you feel my actions have harmed you (now or in the future), you can report harassment, abuse, or other harm to CAN. Quotes in the rest of this post are from CAN's website as of August 16th, 2025. Here's the long version: From CAN's mission and purpose statements:  "The Creator Accountability Network empowers Community Members to build trust with Content Creators through ethical training and credentialing, victim-centered reporting of unethical...

Scarecrow by Alyssa Wong

Tor.com is honored to reprint “Scarecrow,” a horror short story by Alyssa Wong. Originally published in Black Static 42 (September 2014), “Scarecrow” has never before been available to read online. Please enjoy this horrific tale of tragic love and corvid loss. This story contains scenes that some readers may find upsetting.

TITLE: Scarecrow
AUTHOR: Alyssa Wong
PUBLISHER: Originally published in Black Static 42, reprinted by Tor.com
YEAR: 2014
LENGTH: 32 pages
AGE: Adult
GENRE: Fantasy, Horror
RECOMMENDED: Highly

Queer Rep Summary: Gay/Achillean Main Character(s).

Full of terror and longing, SCARECROW is a short story about boys at and after a funeral, slowly twisted by their guilt.

CW for homophobia, cursing, vomit, excrement, sexual content, body horror, suicide (backstory), suicide attempt, murder (backstory), death (backstory).

Link to Full Text (free online)

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A crow perched on a thin branch, viewed from below against a white background.


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