The Woodcutter: a Page-turning Dark Fantasy Thriller

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 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.’ – J. Shaw, Editor, Cynical Optimist Press For fans of Dark Fantasy, Environmental Fiction and The Cloverfield Series