The Warden's Mark, page 3
Gabe heard broken, shuffling footfalls as the hairs on his skin stood upright. Gabe felt something move in the dark behind him as it brushed against his throbbing right side. The sound of scuttling upon the ground turned Gabe to his left, but the darkness remained too thick for him to see any shape moving through the shadows. He wrestled to maintain his wits. He grunted to keep his shaking, left hand raised against the black as his courage wavered.
“Un'ghhe' imnehst Arat'khen eenour Khuns Lleung Omthe!”
Gabe's heart froze at the strange words screamed in the dark. The babble of syllables sounded like a growl. The incomprehensible words hissed like sands ground across rock.
“Un'ghhe' imnehst Arat'khen eenour Khuns Lleung Omthe!”
About the Writer
Brian S. Wheeler calls Hillsboro, Illinois home, a town of roughly 6,000 in the middle of the flatland. He grew up in Carlyle, Illinois, a community less than an hour away from Hillsboro, where he spent a good amount of his childhood playing wiffle ball and tinkering on his computer. The rural Midwest inspires much of Brian's work, and he hopes any connections readers might make between his fiction and the places and peoples he has had the pleasure to know are positive.
Brian earned a degree in English from Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois. He has taught high school English and courses in composition and creative writing. Imagination has been one of Brian's steadfast companions since childhood, and he dreams of creating worlds filled with inspiration and characters touched by magic.
When not writing, Brian does his best to keep organized, to get a little exercise, or to try to train good German Shepherd dogs. He remains an avid reader. More information regarding Brian S. Wheeler, his novels, and his short stories can be found by visiting his website at www.flatlandfiction.com.
Other Works by Brian S. Wheeler
Stories
A Cruel and Burning Ice
A Handicap of Shades
A Voice That Summons Monsters
Butcher, Baker and Replicant Maker
Cat-Tooth Magic and Dog-Eared Miracles
Empty Urns Launched Into Stars
Given to Glass
Glass Desire
Glorious Gardens of Teetering Rust
Guarded Keepsakes
Kennel, Kingdom and Crown
Marble Fish
Mary, in Need of Belle
Meek in the Fields
Mudder Stew
Not All Spirits Be Foul
Opal, Is That You?
Patriots of Griffin XIII
Plastic Tulips
Rooms Without Furniture
Shadow Weapons of Doom
Starlight, Starbright
Stars of the Shoemaker
The Beckford Bottom Beast
The Dusty Dead's Revenge
The Llungruel and the Lom
The Warden’s Mark
Waters and Mirrors
Novels
Mr. Hancock’s Signature
The Sisters Will Dance
Visit us online today for these and other, great upcoming stories of magic and stars.
www.flatlandfiction.com
Brian Wheeler, The Warden's Mark
