The Woodcutter and the War-walker: a steampunk fairytale

This steampunk fairytale was inspired by Jakub Rozalksi's amazing artwork, in particular 'Retired Veteran 1920' (https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Le2wk), which Jakub has been kind enough to allow me to use as the cover art. Follow the link to see more amazing pictures.
The story is written in the traditional fairytale style, with the traditional fairytale structure. In May 2017, I published 'The Outlaws of Kratzenfels', which is similar to this, but different...