This story originally appeared in the spring 2014 Harker Quarterly.

Middle school English teacher Mark Gelineau recently made his debut as a fiction author in “High Adventure History,” a collection of historical fiction stories told with classic pulp aplomb. Gelineau’s story, “The Hanged Man: The 13 Coils,” takes readers to medieval Wales, weaving a thrilling tale of murder and revenge that fuses historical detail with supernatural fantasy. It is available in paperback and on mobile devices via Amazon.com.