Comforts and joys

When I was a teenager, the BBC used to show ghost stories at Christmas, continuing a tradition that goes way back beyond Dickens. It's worth keeping such things going, and to that end here's a spooky yarn by the late Paul Berry called The Sandman. No, not the one you're thinking of; that's hours and hours of TV, this is just nine brilliant minutes. Martin (McKenna, who drew the card above) would've loved it.

And just to make sure you're up to date with the freebies we've shared on previous Christmas posts:

"A Wrong Turning" (comic)

Castle of Lost Souls (gamebook; White Dwarf version)

Heart of Ice (gamebook)

Heroquest 1: The Fellowship of Four

Heroquest 2: The Screaming Spectre

Heroquest 3: The Tyrant's Tomb

In the Night Season (gamebook)

Mortal Combat RPG

Survival of the Fittest (boardgame)

Tirikelu RPG

Tirikelu cover art

Tirikelu creature stats

Tirikelu character sheet

And of course Mirabilis: Year of Wonders. See you in 2023.