# Terence Mooney — Short Fiction character guide

> Terence Mooney in Short Fiction by J. Sheridan Le Fanu.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Terence, Mooney

**First appearance:** 0012-the-quare-gander

## Snapshot

A man whose father's wandering soul has taken up residence in an old gander, and who must now reckon with what he has plucked.

## Who they are

Terence Mooney sits at the centre of a fireside tale in which the supernatural arrives wearing feathers, summoned by a wise man named Jer Garvan to examine a suspicious bird. When told the gander houses his own father's soul, Terence's comic horror at having plucked and nearly eaten it becomes both farce and genuine dread. His credulous panic carries the story's blend of humour and unease.

## In the story

### [The Quare Gander](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_31_se/chapters/the-quare-gander)

The farmer who owns the gander and is distressed to learn it contains his father's soul.

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