The Woodcutter

A note from the editor:

'The Woodcutter was first submitted to me as 'Cloverfield Fan Fiction,' and though I'm a fan of that series, I saw this as a standalone series in and of itself - and a unique one at that.

It's part Fantasy, part Thriller, part Fairy Tale - and above all else a complete page turner.

Jonathan Maas, along with his collaborators - Nigerian-American filmmakers Olumide Odebunmi and Tolu Awosika - have delivered an absolutely riveting tale.

The Woodcutter's titular character reminds me a bit of Idris Elba, and also of Liam Neeson from Taken - and just like the movie Taken, this tale begins immediately and keeps going all the way to the end.

In the first chapter, the Woodcutter hears a woman's scream from the forest. He goes to investigate it and finds a woman all right, but her tale changes everything.

She's says that some dangerous men are after her - and though his own two children are still deep in the forest, the men arrive before he can leave to rescue them.

And that's when the tale really begins.

In short, this tale was so good we decided to have an early stealth release - Kindle only, still with a temp cover - but the tale is all there, and if you pick it up - like me, you won't be able to put it down.'

- J. Shaw, Editor, Cynical Optimist Press

For fans of Dark Fantasy, Environmental Fiction and The Cloverfield Series