A summer dare. A cruel prank. A fire that changed everything.Andy, Matty, Josh, and Paul have been inseparable since childhood - the kind of friends who share everything, from secrets to summer adventures. When Paul's neighbour mentions strange sightings at the abandoned cottage on Mosswood Fell - long whispered to be haunted by the mysterious Grey Lady - the boys decide to investigate.But their plans catch the attention of Marcus and his gang, who mock their courage and set a cruel prank in motion.What begins as a dare spirals into a nightmare when a fire breaks out inside the cottage. The police discover a body in the wreckage - Kyle, a lonely boy caught in a web of bullying and despair, who had helped with the prank but met a tragic fate of his own.As Marcus faces justice, Andy, Matty, Josh, and Paul are left to grapple with guilt, grief, and the fractures in their friendship that follow a summer none of them will ever forget.Smoke on Mosswood Fell is a powerful, heart-wrenching coming of age story, about friendship, bravery, and the heavy cost of secrets kept too long. A R Hurst is a writer drawn to the eerie edges of storytelling-where horror breathes just beneath the surface and nothing is quite as it seems. Fascinated by the quiet dread that lingers in empty hallways and forgotten places, A R Hurst crafts stories where every creaking floorboard and flickering light builds toward something darkly inevitable.With a passion for plot twists that leave readers breathless and characters who evolve as much through the landscapes they traverse as the choices they make, A R Hurst believes that setting is more than just backdrop-it's a living force. Whether it's a decaying mansion with secrets in the walls or a fog-choked town that seems to remember more than it should, their stories use location as a mirror, reflecting and distorting the minds of the people within.
