Vignar and the Witch's Revenge

By Byron Gordon

Short Story
Recommended Ages: 17+

Traveling in disguise among his hated foes, Vignar Olafsson is drawn into the plight of a border camp. On Mariel's insistence, and scenting a reward in the offing, Vignar offers to track down and slay whatever creature is stalking the night. He does not realize that this will bring him to confront an old foe, one who nearly defeated him before. And this time, the enemy is even more devious and powerful...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Byron Gordon
• Release date: Dec 14, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311570161

Byron Gordon

Byron Gordon grew up in the rural Eastern Shore of Maryland, USA. One of six children, he soon discovered his love of reading, ranging from the clever humor of P.G. Wodehouse to the epic fantasy of Tolkien to the fast paced science fiction of Timothy Zahn. Fed on this widely varied diet, his imagination blossomed and he began to write, desiring to create worlds and adventures of his own.After realizing the bleak financial prospects of an aspiring writer trying to break into the fiction realm, Byron enlisted in the United States Coast Guard. He spent an extra week in Coast Guard Boot Camp (Cape May, NJ) for writing during the breaks between classes. After Boot Camp he traveled to California for training in radio communications. Following the completion of his training, he spent three years on a Coast Guard Cutter, interdicting and repatriating illegal migrants. He currently is still on active duty and plans search and rescue efforts on the east coast of the USA.Despite the intense, and often hectic, schedule that military life entails, Byron has continued to write in his free time. While writing a complete novel still proves elusive, he has composed multiple short stories and a small amount of poetry. In the spring of 2011, he started publishing his writings electronically and now has a fair number of short stories and poetry available online in a variety of formats.

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Vignar

And the Witch's Revenge

Byron Gordon

Copyright © 2014 Byron Gordon

All Rights Reserved

Cover Art by Peter Hartnett

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Vignar and the Witch's Revenge

Vignar towered behind Mariel and fixed the camp superintendent with his deadliest glare.

I don't think your slave likes me very much, the elf, Fardal, said.

Vignar. Mariel snapped her fingers. Mind your manners.

Vignar grunted and moderated his glare. He knew Mariel would be chuckling to herself inside.

Forgive me, Mariel told the superintendent in Elvish. Vignar had learned some of the language, though the words came haltingly. Some things the human tongue was not meant to do.

He is over protective, Mariel was saying. It's hard to know what goes through these fool's heads, but I think he looks on me like a sister.

Gods forbid, the superintendent. What a barbaric notion! That a lovely creature such as yourself should be a sister to... that monstrosity.

Vignar held his temper with a familiar effort. Slaves were not allowed to learn Elvish, and if the Elves knew that he could understand them they would demand his head. That