L. C. Moorland Previews “The Moor and the Boy”

On the desolate moor, shepherd Dougal lives in uneasy solitude, haunted by a recurring dream of a faceless boy who calls his name on the wind. Each night the dream grows sharper; each day, its shadow follows him across the heather. The sheep he tends seem to sense it too—pressing close, watching with eyes that reflect more than instinct.

When Dougal hears the whispers again, he is drawn into visions of storm and shadow, of children stumbling across the moor, of a bothy where voices in the darkness speak his name. The faceless boy comes closer with every dream, and with him the suggestion of something Dougal has long buried: memory, guilt, and the fear that what stalks him on the horizon is not a stranger, but himself.

Moorland’s tale moves fluidly between waking and dream, weaving imagery of harsh landscapes, spectral sheep, and the lonely flicker of a bothy’s lamp. At its heart, The Moor and the Boy is about the fragility of memory and the haunting persistence of what we try to forget.

Stay tuned for excerpts and cover previews as L. C. Moorland prepares this chilling short story for release.