National Massachusetts Day - The Arkham Horror Invesitgators Gamebooks

Today it National Massachusetts Day. The Arkham Horror Investigators Gamebooks I have written to date are all set within Massachusetts. So why not click on the covers below and check one out today?

Gamebook Friday: Words in Watchet Literary Festival

Tomorrow, Saturday 21st February 2026, you will find me at the Words in Watchet Literary Festival. 

At 11:30am, I will be giving a talk about Writing Fantasy Gamebooks, and signing copies of my books afterwards, at the East Quay Creator Space, Harbour Road.

You can find out more and book your ticket (although entry to FREE) here.

So, if you're in the area and would like to find out how I turn a story idea into an interactive gamebook, like Shakespeare Vs. Cthulhu: What Dreams May Come, or how I plotted the latest Arkham Horror Investigators Gamebook, The Kingsport Metamorphosis, why not pop along?

 

The Kingsport Metamorphosis - new Arkham Horror Investigators Gamebook out now!

New book day! The Kingsport Metamorphosis, my third Arkham Horror Investigators Gamebook, is published today by Aconyte Books.

As with the other books in the series, The Kingsport Metamorphosis includes three Investigators with whom you can play through the adventure*. They are...

Jacqueline Fine
The Psychic

When Jacqueline's supernatural senses pull her towards the fog-bound streets of Kingsport, with a peculiar letter in her hand, she understands that she has no choice but to follow where they lead.

Lola Hayes
The Actress

When a letter arrives from one Elijah Harcourt inviting Lola to visit his home in Kingsport, she decides it might be nice to have a break from performing. But, as she comes to the coast, she can’t help wondering if she is about to take on the most important role of her life.

Lucius Galloway
The Poet

The mists of Kingsport have haunted Lucius's work since before he ever set foot in the town. Now he walks its alleyways, and if the truth of his visions awaits him here, he will meet it, whether it brings triumph or ruin.

Featuring another fantastic cover by Joshua Cairós, The Kingsport Metamorphosis is a classic country house murder mystery... only it isn't!

To find out more, pick up your copy of The Kingsport Metamorphosis today!

In other news, the Italian edition of The Darkness Over Arkham - L'Oscurità su Arkham - the first Arkham Horror Investigators Gamebook, is out now from Vincent Books.

* Although you can play as any Investigator whose stats have been published in another Arkham Horror Investigators Gamebook or online.

Gamebook Friday: The Kingsport Metamorphosis

The Kingsport Metamorphosis - the third title in the Arkham Horror Investigators Gamebook - is out on Tuesday 3rd February 2026 - which is next week!

A mysterious letter summons you to the seaside town of Kingsport, where dreams leak into reality, to a wealthy estate transformed into a place of unspeakable nightmares in this new action-adventure gamebook set in the popular world of Arkham Horror.

Curious to meet your mysterious host, Elijah Harcourt, your excitement is dashed when you discover the recluse's purpose is far more nefarious than you realized, leaving you and his guests with riddles to solve if you are to survive. As each hour passes, your companions meet terrible fates, forcing you to navigate a spiderweb of betrayal…

You can order your copy of the The Kingsport Metamorphosis here.

Gamebook Friday: Jonathan Green attending Words in Watchet

I will be attending the Words in Watchet Literary Festival on Saturday 21st February 2026, from 11:30am-1:00pm, when I will be giving a talking about Writing Fantasy Gamebooks, and signing copies of my books.

You can find out more and book your ticket (although entry to FREE) here.

So, if you're in Somerset and fancy finding out more about how I turn a classic into a gamebook like Shakespeare Vs. Cthulhu: What Dreams May Come, or how I plotted the latest Arkham Horror Investigators Gamebook, The Kingsport Metamorphosis, why not pop along?

The Kingsport Metamorphosis - available to pre-order now!

The Kingsport Metamorphosis - the third title in the Arkham Horror Investigators Gamebook - is now available for pre-order.

A mysterious letter summons you to the seaside town of Kingsport, where dreams leak into reality, to a wealthy estate transformed into a place of unspeakable nightmares in this new action-adventure gamebook set in the popular world of Arkham Horror.

Curious to meet your mysterious host, Elijah Harcourt, your excitement is dashed when you discover the recluse's purpose is far more nefarious than you realized, leaving you and his guests with riddles to solve if you are to survive. As each hour passes, your companions meet terrible fates, forcing you to navigate a spiderweb of betrayal…

The Kingsport Metamorphosis will be published by Aconyte Books on 3 February 2026.

Gamebook Friday: The Kingsport Metamorphosis

This Gamebook Friday I am delighted to be able to share with you the news that I have written another Arkham Horror Investigators Gamebook, which will be released next spring. Here's the announcement video that appeared on ArkhamHorror.com yesterday.

And here's a message I recorded, especially for the Week of Arkham Horror.

The Kingsport Metamorphosis will be the third Investigators Gamebook, following on from The Darkness Over Arkham and The Tides of Innsmouth. Each volume is both a book and a game – you, the reader, get to take on the role of one of the famed Investigators you already know and love from the Arkham Horror series of tabletop games, and the book’s text guides you through an exciting narrative, where the choices you make at the end of each passage determine where you must turn next.

Combined with tests of Willpower, Intellect and Combat, your choices will determine your fate and your chances of success and failure over the course of the adventure, giving you the complete Arkham Horror game experience in a solo-play book format. 

Keep reading this blog to receive more news about The Kingsport Metamorphosis soon.

Gamebook Friday: The Evolution of a Gamebook

I can't talk about the gamebook I'm writing at the moment, because it hasn't been announced yet. But I would like to talk about how the creation of it has been, or at least felt like, a new experience, even though I have written over 30 gamebooks already.

An integral part of the adventure is that the vast majority of it is set in one building, with specific things happening at specific times. However, it is also an adventure in which you can visit different rooms within the building in pretty much any order you want. Meanwhile, other characters have their own agendas and may be found in those rooms, but only at certain times.

This has required some very details plans - based on rooms, characters, and events - which have to be continually cross-referenced. And yet, at the same time, writing it has been quite a fluid process. I have dealt with one room, or event, at a time, but when I come to other rooms or events later on, it has often necessitated me going back and making tweaks to what I have already written.

My biggest fear is that when someone reads the book, they will do something in a particular order that then breaks the gameplay. It is certainly going to need some very careful editing, proofreading, and playtesting. However, if I can pull it off, I like to think it will standout as something a bit special.

I have really enjoyed the challenge of writing this adventure, even though it has been to quite a tight deadline, and I certainly could have made things a lot easier for myself if I had written a straightforward, linear adventure, but that's not me.

In case you hadn't noticed, I love gamebooks, and I like seeing how far the genre can be stretched. I see an increasingly number of people writing their own gamebooks, and they are almost always classic, sword-and-sorcery, fantasy adventures, very much in the vein of Fighting Fantasy and Lone Wolf. Certainly, the more recent gamebooks that get the most attention, seem to be those that do something different with the genre, such as DestinyQuest or Steam Highwayman.

I have been fortunate to write for the FF series myself, but when it comes to my own gamebooks, I want to do something different, which is why I've written a science fiction adventure with giant robots and kaiju and another that quotes great swathes of Shakespeare.

But this latest project has been something else, and you will be able to judge for yourself whether I have succeeded in what I have attempted to do later this year.

In other news, The Tides of Innsmouth, my latest Arkham Horror adventure could do with some more reviews on Amazon, and ones that are actually about the content of the book rather than its appearance. If you've read it, please consider posting a review. Thank you.

Gamebook Friday: The Tides of Innsmouth reviewed on Cosmic Circus

After reviewing The Darkness Over Arkham last year, Cosmic Circus is back with a review of The Tides of Innsmouth.

Having given The Darkness Over Arkham a sterling 8 out of 10, The Tides of Innsmouth hasn't fared quite so well, having been given a score of 7 out of 10. But that's still very respectable as far as I'm concerned.

"This isn’t the first choose-your-own-adventure game book from Aconyte I’ve reviewed. It isn’t even the first one written by Jonathan Green. I enjoy how these books draw you in by being more involved than just “pick a number”. There are, of course, many different paths to choose from, but dice rolls, items acquired, and character attributes affect your options. This turns a simple book into a game and makes it more engaging."

To read the whole review, click here. To buy The Tides of Innsmouth, click here.

Gamebook Friday: Continuing the Adventure with the Arkham Horror Investigators Gamebooks

One of the features of the Arkham Horror Investigators Gamebooks that makes them different from other gamebooks I have written, is that you can play through an adventure as multiple different Investigators; not just the different ones that appear in each book, but as any Investigator from any book, or any other source, including (to date) the Aconyte Books website and the Dark Horse comic The Terror at the End of Time.

But the gaming goodness doesn't end there. You can also play through multiple adventures with the same character and have them gain Experience which can then affect their stats - including their Abilities and Weaknesses - on a permanent basis.

You will find the rules for how to continue the adventure with one Investigator in this way in The Tides of Innsmouth, my latest Arkham Horror Investigators Gamebooks which is out now!

New Book Day: The Tides of Innsmouth

The Tides of Innsmouth, my second Arkham Horror Investigators Gamebook is published today by Aconyte Books.

The book actually went on sale for the first time at the UK Games Expo at the weekend, and had sold out by 11:00am on Saturday, which was amazing.

The reviews have also started to come in and they make very satisfying reading for the person who wrote the book.

Just as The Darkness Over Arkham had the profiles of three Investigators included within it - those for Agnes Baker the Waitress, Nathaniel Cho the Boxer, and Rex Murphy the Reporter - there are three new Investiator profiles in The Tides of Innsmouth - Silas Marsh the Sailor, Kōhaku Narukami the Folklorist, and Marion Tavares the Trawler.

However, you can also play the adventure using any of the Investigators from The Darkness Over Arkham, or those that appear on the Aconyte website, or even those that appeared in the Dark Horse comic, The Terror at the End of Time.

To pick up your copy of The Tides of Innsmouth, click here.

I'm loving Joshua Cairós's cover art,
while Nick Tyler's design work is excellent as ever.

Gamebook Friday: The Tides of Innsmouth

The Tides of Innsmouth is now available for pre-order and will be published by Aconyte Books on 3 June 2025.

Strange and mysterious sightings send Arkham Investigators to explore the decrepit town of Innsmouth where horrors beneath the sea have risen to consume the world in this new action-adventure gamebook set in the popular world of Arkham Horror.

Welcome, Investigator! Innsmouth is awash with sightings of a mysterious sunken pirate junk near the treacherous Devil Reef. Those rumors are an irresistible lure, drawing the Investigators of Arkham to the fog-laden Massachusetts town. But the thrill of discovery quickly wanes when you are faced with hostile locals, a missing marine archaeologist, and a family curse with tendrils that haunt your waking days. Solve the riddles, overcome tests, and wish for luck as you navigate the rotten streets of the decrepit town and beyond to save the world as you know it. However… choose wisely, Investigator, for betrayal lurks around every corner and the path you choose might awaken horrors from beneath the sea to sink us all.

See Arkham in a different light as your choices change the story in the all-new Investigators Gamebooks.

My second Arkham Horror Investigators Gamebook is now available on NetGalley, if you are a registered reviewer. And it already has one review:

The book hits all the right notes, the smells, the rot, the people, the darkness. This is the third Gamebook I have read by Jonathan Green, and I really enjoy how he sets up both the adventures, and has the writing chops to back it up. Highly recommended both for the tale, and the gameplay.

Moon Knight: Age of Anubis - signed copies available now!

I have some signed copies of Moon Knight: Age of Anubis for sale. To buy one, simply click on the PayPal button below.

The price below includes post and packing within the UK. If you are based overseas and would like to buy a book, please email info@jonathangreenauthor.com rather than using the PayPal button.

Moon Knight: Age of Anubis (£12)

Out of print paperback edition of the third Marvel Multiverse Missions gamebook, signed by the author.

300 sections in length.

When N’Kantu, the Living Mummy, escapes his sarcophagus and steals an artifact that turns swaths of mankind into zombies, Moon Knight steps in to save the day… But is hampered by an eager Egyptologist whose choices seem to influence his personalities and strengths. As Moon Knight and the Egyptologist chase N’Kantu from the streets of New York to navigating traps, tricks, and riddles within an ancient temple in Egypt, the two uncover an evil ritual that will begin a battle between gods over the power of life and death. Only the Egyptologist holds the key to unraveling the dark plot… everybody’s lives are in their hands!

“If you loved gamebooks, solo adventures, Moon Knight, ancient Egypt or just want to kill a bit of time in a fun and engaging way this is the book for you!”

A Reader Lives a Thousand Lives

“This was an absolute joy to read (over and over again) and I think even when you've perfected the route, you could easily come back to this one later on and do it all over again with the same enjoyment!”

Amazon.co.uk

“Jonathan Green's skillful storytelling, the interactive gameplay elements, and the incorporation of the Marvel universe make it a must-read for those seeking an immersive and interactive reading experience.”

Goodreads

Cover Reveal - The Tides of Innsmouth

Yesterday, at Dragonmeet, Aconyte Books revealed the cover for my second Arkham Horror Investigators Gambook, The Tides of Innsmouth. And here it is...

The cover art is by Joshua Cairós, with cover design by Nick Tyler. Joshua also provided the cover art for The Darkness Over Arkham, and The Tides of Innsmouth follows the same pattern of having a location and one of the Investigators featured in the adventure, appearing inside the cutout of a gribbly monster that may make an appearance too.

I love this cover for all sorts of reasons, but many of those would count as spoilers, so I'll just say that the clouded moon being the monster's eye is definitely one of them.

One of the cool things that Aconyte Books were giving away on their stand was a mock-up of The Arkham Advertiser newspaper.

This in-world artefact includes an advert for The Darkness Over Arkham, among other books, and another that ties in directly to The Tides of Innsmouth. So, make of that what you will..

The Tides of Innsmouth will be published in April 2025.

Gamebook Friday: The Tides of Innsmouth

This week, Fantasy Flight Games and Aconyte Books announced the title of the second Arkham Horror Investigators Gamebook that will be published next spring.

As with the first Arkham Horror Investigators Gamebook, The Darkness Over Arkham, the book includes profiles for three new Investigators - Silas Marsh the Sailor, Kōhaku Narukami the Folklorist, and Marion Taveres the Trawler.

However, you can also play as any of the Investigators from the first book, the three bonus Investigators currently available from the Aconyte Books website, or even as Jenny Barnes the Dilettante or Joe Diamond the Private Investigator, who appear in the back matter of the Arkham Horror comic book The Terror at the End of Time #1.

That means you can currently play as one of 11 unique Investigators. Not bad, eh?

You can expect a cover reveal and more information about the adventure towards the end of the month. However, as part of Arkham Nights this week, a brief snippet of me talking about the book was played into the livestream of Unfathomable - From the Abyss on Halloween. (You'll find me at 00:04:44.)

Cthulhu Wednesday: La Oscuridad Sobre Arkham

Available now from Minotauro is La Oscuridad Sobre Arkham, the Spanish language edition of The Darkness Over Arkham. 

If you are an Iberophile, or you have a Spanish-speaking friend who you think might enjoy trying to solve a murder mystery in Lovecraft's Arkham, you will find links to buy the book here.

And of course, you can pick up the English language version via Aconyte Books.

Gamebook Friday: The Terror at the End of Time

Out now from Dark Horse Comics and Fantasy Flight Games is the first Arkham Horror Comic, The Terror at the End of Time.

Written by Eisner-nominated master of horror Cullen Bunn - with art by Andrea Mutti, colours by Valerio Alloro, letters by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, and wrapped in a cover by Rafael Albuquerque - The Terror at the End of Time tells the story of adventuring socialite Jenny Barnes and her search for her missing sister Izzie. She is aided in this task by private investigator Joe Diamond, but eldritch horrors await them in the town of Arkham, Massachusetts.

The reason I mention this is because printed in the back of the comic are Character Sheets for the two Investigators featured in the strip. This means you can now play through my Arkham Horror gamebook, The Darkness Over Arkham, as either Jenny Barnes or Joe Diamond, bringing the total number of Investigators available to date to eight!

The Darkness Over Arkham at GenCon 2024

GenCon starts in Indiannapolis today, Thursday 1 August 2024, and runs until Sunday 4 August, and Aconyte Books are there. As a result, The Darkness Over Arkham is also for sale at GenCon so, if you're going, why not check it out and say hello to the Aconyte team?

This year at GenCon, the first Arkham Horror comic will be available for the first time from Dark Horse Comics, just ahead of its official release. Arkham Horror: The Terror at the End of Time #1 is written by Eisner-nominated master of horror Cullen Bunn and drawn by Andrea Mutti, with colours by Valerio Alloro, letters by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, and a cover by Rafael Albuquerque.

I hope to be able to share some more news about The Terror at the End of Time soon.

The Darkness Over Arkham released in the UK today

The Darkness Over Arkham, the first Arkham Horror Investigators Gamebook, is published as a paperback in the UK today, courtesy of Aconyte Books.

When a renowned professor is found dead, it’s up to the Investigators of Arkham to discover what occult horrors were behind his fate. Pick your path, Investigator, and collect allies along the way to hunt down his killer before they strike again. However, Arkham is full of mysteries, with many wishing to keep the truth buried, and who are hungry to usher in a new era full of death and darkness to devour the world you know it. Can you stop them before it is too late?

The book includes profiles for three Investigators - Agnes Baker the Waitress, Nathaniel Cho the Boxer, and Rex Murphy the Reporter. There are also three more Investigators available as downloads from the Aconyte Books' website - Stella Clark the Letter Carrier, Amanda Sharpe the Student, and Skids O'Toole the Ex-Con. All of them can be used to tackle the adventure contained within The Darkness Over Arkham.

When the book was launched in the US, Jordan Sorcery and I did a live readthrough of part of the adventure which can you watch below.

If you have read The Darkness Over Arkham, please do post a review on Amazon. Unfortunately, when the book was first released, it received some 1-star ratings with no accompanying reviews*, which has really skewed the book's aggregated score. We could do with some more balanced reviews, and fairer ratings, to help rectify that situation. In anticipation, thank you for your support.

* Something which I think shouldn't be allowed.