Book One

Josh Anvil and the Cypress Door

Some secrets are buried deep in the swamp.

Book cover 1600x2400 portrait. Take this exact illustration: a worried-looking 14-year-old boy with dark hair, arms crossed, wearing a black t-shirt and jeans and Nike shoes, standing in a Louisiana swamp with ancient cypress trees and Spanish moss, a massive green and yellow scaled dragon head looming behind him. Keep ALL the artwork exactly the same. Add the following text overlaid on the image in book cover style: At the TOP in large bold gold serif font (similar to fantasy book title typography): "JOSH ANVIL AND THE CYPRESS DOOR". Below that in smaller spaced gold caps: "JOSH ANVIL BOOK ONE". At the BOTTOM in large bold white serif font: "BRUCE E. ARRINGTON". Do NOT add any other text. The style should match a professional middle-grade fantasy book cover.

The Story

Words have power—Josh’s have claws.

The Swamp

The Swamp Changes Everything

Paddling deeper into the family swamp than ever before, Josh watches the wetlands transform. The cypress trees grow impossibly massive, blotting out the sky. At the heart of the grove, he discovers something impossible—an unexplainable secret that ensures he will never emerge the same boy again.

A moody cinematic swamp at dusk — impossibly enormous cypress trees rise from dark still water, Spanish moss hanging heavy in golden-shadowed light, ancient and watching

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Reviews

What Readers Are Saying

“Reading Josh Anvil and the Cypress Door will whisk you away on a magical adventure of the likes of ancient fables.”

K.J. Simmill for Readers’ Favorite

“…it was a truly fun, well-paced read and an enjoyable return to the middle/high school daydream worlds of my own youth.”

Amazon Review

“Bruce Arrington has written an exciting fantasy adventure.”

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About the Author

Bruce E. Arrington

Bruce E. Arrington writes adventure stories for young readers who don’t always fit the mold. Josh Anvil and the Cypress Door is the first book in the Josh Anvil series, set in the bayous and back roads of Louisiana. Bruce lives and writes with a deep love for storytelling that celebrates the underdog.