The rugged hills of County Kerry unfolded before Maeve O'Connell as she drove along the winding road leading back to her village. It had been years since she left for Dublin, pursuing her studies in anthropology, leaving behind the quaint yet haunting memories of her childhood. Now, with the passing of her grandmother, Maeve found herself drawn back to the place where it all began.
The village of Ballymore welcomed her with its familiar sights and sounds, but there was an underlying unease in the air, a tension that clung to the cobblestone streets and whispered through the thatched roofs. Maeve sensed it immediately, like a dormant memory stirring within her.
As she settled into her grandmother's cottage, memories flooded back—lazy summer afternoons spent exploring the nearby woods, whispered stories of ancient rituals and mythical creatures, and the vivid image of a red goat that haunted her dreams since childhood.
It was that memory, the image of the red goat appearing on the outskirts of the village, that lingered in Maeve's mind like a puzzle waiting to be solved. What did it mean? Why did it appear only to her?
Rumors swirled around the village, tales of strange happenings in the dead of night, of eerie crimson footprints leading into the dense forests that bordered the village. And then there were the whispers of illness, of a sickness that gripped the village, its cause unknown and its cure elusive.
Maeve knew she couldn't ignore the signs any longer. Something was amiss in Ballymore, something that called to her with a sense of urgency she couldn't ignore. It was time to unravel the mystery of the red goat in the night, to confront the shadows of her past and uncover the truth hidden beneath the layers of folklore and tradition. And she knew she couldn't do it alone.
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The Red Goat in the Night
Mystery / Thriller"The Red Goat in the Night" is a gripping mystery thriller set in a remote Irish village in 1979. When Maeve O'Connell returns to her hometown after studying anthropology in Dublin, she becomes entangled in a web of dark secrets and ancient folklore...
