The Cabin

by Lucas Pederson

There's a storm coming. What the locals call a "killer storm". Mandy, a forest ranger, is assigned to a remote cabin deep in the Chippewa Forest for a couple of months. As the blizzard sets in, a man knocks on the cabin door claiming to be a lost hiker. But is he really who he says he is? And why is carrying around a hunting knife?

Soon they find themselves trapped inside the cabin while the storm rages on and something massive and ravenous tries to break in.

Genres: Horror, Fiction

136 pages, Paperback

Published May 9, 2022

About the author

Lucas Pederson is an American novelist and short story writer of horror, dark fantasy, young adult and science fiction. He lives in a small Iowa town with his family and they're all pretty sure their cat is an alien. He can be reached at lucaspederson@yahoo.com, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

Reviews

[Peter Topside · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars. I’ve read loads of Bigfoot-related content over the years. Some good, some decent, and others really something awful. This was a decent experience. The beginning where we are immediately introduced to the creature, even with a first person POV, and it’s situation, was refreshing. Most of the time, it just comes down to a mindless killing machine attacking hikers, campers, military personnel, etc, so I loved this aspect. The author made good use of the Bigfoot and created many tense, scary, and action-packed scenes. Brett and Mandy, our leads, had some good development, but lacked in substance. I feel that the story displayed its strongest assets early on, but then turned into a firefight, leaving some of its better qualities behind. That’s not to say that I disliked anything in particular, but everything could have used some additional development, with particular focus on our human characters. It you taper some potential expectations going into this, you’ll enjoy yourself. It’s alot better than most books of this nature, but does not quite live up to other offerings, either.

[clumsyplankton · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pretty good

[William · Rating 4 out of 5]

Entertaining horror listening ✨🏠

This kindle e-book novella is from my Kindle Unlimited account

Mandy is assigned to the cabin for the next months. Brett is a murder and is following Mandy. They end up together and the fun begins with lots of action, misdirection, and violence leading to the conclusion.

I would recommend this novella and author to readers of family and friends horror novels 😆 2024 👒😮

[Robert · Rating 4 out of 5]

A bad snowstorm.
A park ranger.
A mysterious stranger
And something…else.
All this adds up to monstrous fun in The Cabin by Lucas Pederson.
The author sends up a good man against the elements story and throws in a healthy dose of monsters and mayhem. But who really, is the monster.
Taut and gripping with enough action to never be bored.
The Cabin will leave you satisfied, but will probably also keep you up past your bedtime.

[Chloe Rojas · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lame. At least Mandy died the GOAT. Rip Josh, Chad, Paul, and Ben. May your classic frat boy names live in infamy, and may you rest in heaven (or hell) without encountering a big foot.

[Trena _crackthespine_ · Rating 4 out of 5]

A killer. Hunting a woman. Both…being hunted by…Bigfoot? A blizzard, a cabin, seclusion…this was such a good, quick read. I love a good creature feature…who doesn’t? Absolutely give this one a go…you won’t regret it!

[Terry and dog · Rating 5 out of 5]

I knew from the very start that I was going to love this book, how much I didn't know. Turns out it's a lot, a whole lotta love. My idea of a perfect setting is in a cabin in a snowstorm. You add in a strong woman, and bad man (putting it mildly) and a sick creature that sounds as ugly as the south end of a northbound baboon. Loads of action and blood and gory stuff. I couldn't put it down until I finished. Really good.
PS: Don't eat bats.

[Tim Martin · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fast-paced, engrossing survival horror story and also the first story of any kind I have read where Bigfoot was front and center! Set in the remote Chippewa Forest in northern Minnesota, we have Mandy, a forest ranger, preparing to spend several months over the winter in a remote cabin in the forest as part of her job. Not only prepared for the region’s snowy, cold winters, but she is ready for a “killer storm” that is on its way. Not such a huge problem for Mandy, snug in her cabin with plenty of supplies, but she worries about a group of missing hunters. She hopes they will find her cabin and seek shelter, but she knows after the storm she needs to go looking for them.

While Mandy and her boss think the hunters are probably safe, maybe holed up somewhere or even left and went somewhere else entirely, they are all quite dead, killed by an enraged sasquatch who pretty much tore them apart with his bare hands. Though these creatures seem scary enough, this one is particularly frightening as something is deeply wrong with it, it has some terrible illness, filling it full of rage and bloodlust.

Also, the infected creature is not the only threat to Mandy, as an all too human monster is out there too.

Tension was excellent from start to finish, whisking the reader from engrossing foreshadowing to tense scene to gory horror action. It’s violent, dark, bloody, and vividly described and has a few twists towards the end.

[Kyler Kuehler · Rating 2 out of 5]

So, let me start by saying that the book's cover gives away the whole story of the book, and right in the first few pages readers are introduced to the horror that any book in this genre is expected to deliver.

Yes, I loved that we got to see the monster right away, but then the book begins to lag with the characters of Brett and Mandy, who are total opposites. The story starts to focus so much on them that I was beginning to forget that the story was supposed to be a horror story. I also did not feel much character development from either character and felt as if they were more created just to help give the story the action that any horror story that takes place out in the woods needs in order to succeed.

Indeed there is action and it happens quite fast. However, there was not much horror as I had hoped for, and was really looking forward to seeing more deaths. Instead, there was very little and as I read more into the book it was beginning to feel like this story was not written to be a book, but a movie instead.

[Charles Harold · Rating 4 out of 5]

This short book was an interesting read. It took me about two hours to finish.

This story is told from several perspectives, changing to a different character with each chapter. Our two main points of view are provided by the forest ranger Mandy and lost hiker Brett. I wont go into to much detail as I feel that would spoil the interesting twist Pederson has brought to the classic trapped in cabin by a monster genre, which typing out now sounds kind of ridiculous, but is very much a real genre.

It's very well written, and Pederson does not waste the readers time with pointless side chapters, something I find to be common in the horror genre which lessens any feeling of tension I've built up.

This book does depict graphic deaths, so if that makes you uncomfortable consider skipping this one.

[Alison · Rating 3 out of 5]

While this is definitely the most unique bigfoot horror novel I've read in awhile, of which I have read many, I just think too many questions are left unanswered at the end. I feel like this would benefit greatly from some kind of epilogue where the aftermath is discussed. I want to know more about Brett's past deeds, his motivations and whether he was ever identified by police.... Not a bad read though.

[Jeff Howard · Rating 5 out of 5]

RABID BIGFOOT HORROR ACTION

Lucas Pederson knocked it out of the park with this Bigfoot horror novel. I f-ing loved it! Great characters, great plot, great ending. For a minute there, I didn’t think I’d like the ending, but Lucas strung it out and delivered! I highly recommend this short, satisfying Bigfoot read and the hero, Mandy. Well done. Please keep them coming! - Jeff

[Rita McDowell · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent read!

While the book.was.well.written. and interesting it.leaves you.hanging!. What happened??? Did.she.survive? Were the.rest.of them found ??.don't leave us hanging out there unless you have a sequel coming!!

[Diana]

Wow, this was a different story!

I have never read anything quite like this one! Murder and mayhem from beginning to end! Bounce around with it's characters a bit much which added too the chaos during this read!

[MIKE OKELLEY · Rating 5 out of 5]

this book was action from the get go, but never found out what was wrong with the first bigfoot. seems unfinished.

[Randy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yeah DON’T eat 🦇 ‘s I enjoyed reading !!!

[Christine Ascencio · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book

I love bigfoot stories. This was a great story. It was scary and horrific. The characters are great. Thank you for sharing your story.

[Pat · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well-written and entertaining and scary. The ending reminded me of a lot of books on Kindle Unlimted where the main character(s) become red-meat gut-toting bad-asses.

[Mike Kuhn · Rating 4 out of 5]

A brief (131 pages) non-stop horror survival. Engrossing and a perfect palate cleanser between books.

[Dallas Kitchens · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was expecting more, and the ending sucked. It had a few moments, few and far between, for such a short story, but it happened to fast.