The Christmas Owl is a supplement for 'TWAS - The Roleplaying Game Before Christmas, which brings a new Player Character into the game along with a new Scene to help introduce him.
"The modern master of the gamebook format" (Rob Sanders)... "Can do dark very well" (Jonathan Oliver)... "Green gets mileage out of his monsters" (SFX Magazine)... "It takes a firm editorial hand and a keen understanding of the tone of each piece to make a collection this diverse work, and Green makes it look effortless" (Starburst Magazine)... "A charming blend of camp creatures, humour, and genuine horror" (Set the Tape)
Saturday, 2 October 2021
#SelfPromoSaturday - Free RPG Day Freebies!
The Christmas Owl is a supplement for 'TWAS - The Roleplaying Game Before Christmas, which brings a new Player Character into the game along with a new Scene to help introduce him.
Friday, 19 February 2021
Gamebook Friday: Knights of Doom Redux
The trouble is, play-testing wasn't as easy or as rigorously as it is now and the adventure was effectively unbeatable because of too many over-powered enemies and it being necessary to fail a dice roll to ultimately succeed.
But now FF superfan Victor Cheng has revised the adventure, to make it fairer, and has made the PDF available to anyone who might like to give it a read.
Considering the book has been out of print for decades, having never been republished, and was flawed to begin with, if you fancy giving the revised adventure a go, simply follow this link to download the PDF for free.
Sunday, 13 December 2020
The 12 Days of Christmas - Day 6: Claws
However, I first wrote about Krampus in 2012 for the Ain't No Sanity Clause anthology of festive horror stories, in a tale called Claws.
Here's what one reviewer had to say on Amazon about my story:
"This anthology is a cut above the norm with every story being well written and some approaching perfection. 'Claws' by Jonathan Green, with its shades of the Brothers Grimm, introduces us to a very early traditional Santa and his less welcome counterpart... So evocative is the writing, I was almost shivering along with Gretel in her snowy woodland home despite it being a balmy day in mid May!"
You can download a pdf of Claws here.
Tuesday, 1 December 2020
Tie-in Tuesday: Free Scarlet Traces eBook
Saturday, 24 October 2020
Short Story Saturday: The Big Audiobook Giveaway!
Long time readers of this blog will know that I have self-published an eNovella called The Serpent's Egg - A Dark Tale of the Cthulhu Mythos. Well the audiobook, narrated by Mark Rice-Oxley, is now available from Audible. But better than that, I have some promo codes for the audiobook to giveaway. That's over two hours of listening pleasure for absolutely no money whatsoever!
If you would like a promo code for either audiobook, please email me at info@jonathangreenauthor.com, but please bear in mind that The Serpent's Egg in particular is most definitely 18-rated!
Saturday, 21 March 2020
Short Story Saturday: FREE Reads
If zombies, steampunk alternative histories, Lovecraftian horrors, or occult detective stories are your thing, then this little lot should keep you going for a couple of days. Simply click on the cover of the story you would like to read...
Friday, 20 March 2020
Gamebook Friday: FREE Beowulf Beastslayer Teaching Resources
If you are a student who has been sent home from school and you have been studying Beowulf in English, or if you are a teacher looking to support your students' work on the Anglo-Saxon epic poem while they are remote learning, my teaching resources, based on the gamebook Beowulf Beastslayer, are now FREE to download from the TES website.
Friday, 14 December 2018
Gamebook Friday: 'Twas - The Krampus Night Before Christmas
In terms of fiction there's the Pax Britannia novella Christmas Past and the short story Claws.
I've also written two festive-themed Judge Dredd short stories, You'd Better Be Good, For Goodness' Sake and Miracle on 34th and Peltzer. And last year I self-published the novella Scrooge and Marley (Deceased): The Haunted Man.
My latest Christmas-themed endeavour is the fifth title in my ever-growing ACE Gamebooks series, and you can find out more about it by joining the new ACE Gamebooks Facebook Group now.
The Kickstarter to fund production of 'Twas - The Krampus Night Before Christmas launches on 1st January 2019.
Saturday, 16 June 2018
Free RPG Day 2018
All you have to do to receive yours is email info@snowbooks.com today!
Friday, 1 June 2018
Jonathan Green and ACE Gamebooks at the UK Games Expo 2018
I will be at the UK Games Expo all this weekend, from 9.30am on Friday until 4.00pm on Sunday.I will be selling copies of my ACE Gamebooks, Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland and The Wicked Wizard of Oz, as well as hardback copies of YOU ARE THE HERO Part 2. (I'm afraid that the hardbacks of Part 1 have sold out.)

ACE Gamebooks
If you buy an ACE Gamebook from me, you will also receive a FREE copy of The Ulysses Quicksilver Omnibus Volume 2 - containing the Pax Britannia novels Evolution Expects, Blood Royal, and Dark Side - while stocks last. So that's potentially four books for a tenner!
YOU ARE THE HERO Part 2
As I am sharing a table with Ian Livingstone, you may well get the chance to have your copy of YOU ARE THE HERO Part 2 signed by him as well as me.
Spellbreaker 25th Anniversary Prize Draw
June 2018 marks 25 years since the publication of my first book, the Fighting Fantasy adventure Spellbreaker. If you buy a book from me over the weekend - any book - you will be entered into the Spellbreaker 25th Anniversary Prize Draw for the chance to win a signed, limited hardback collector's edition of my latest gamebook, NEVERLAND - Here Be Monsters!
And the winner is...
Unfortunately, although both The Wicked Wizard of Oz and YOU ARE THE HERO Part 2 were entered into the UK Games Expo Awards, neither of them were shortlisted, but you may well find me in the event programme anyway, so keep your eyes peeled!
I also hope to attend Ian Livingstone's Deathtrap Dungeon Reading, which is taking place on the Friday evening from 5.00pm.
And if you are visiting the UK Games Expo this weekend, do stop by Stand 2-C2 and say hello. Maybe I'll see you there. ;-)
Thursday, 31 May 2018
Steampunk Thursday: The Great Ulysses Quicksilver Giveaway
This weekend, I will be attending the UK Games Expo, from 9.30am on Friday until 4.00pm on Sunday.Friday, 13 January 2017
Friday the 13th - Unlucky for some?
For many, it is considered to be an unlucky day, so in an effort to avert that ill-fortune, today I am drawing your attention to a couple of freebie of mine, that you can download and enjoy for no money whatsoever! Simply click on the appropriate image below.

Monday, 5 December 2016
Happy Krampusnacht!
Krampus - from the Old High German word krampen, meaning claw - is a Christmas devil, the bad to St. Nicholas' good, whose purpose is to warn children to behave and to punish those children who've been bad.In the Alpine regions of Austria and Hungary, young men still dress up as the Krampus in the first two weeks of December, particularly on the evening of 5 December, and roam the streets frightening children and women with rusty chains and bells. In some rural areas the tradition goes so far as to include the birching of young girls!
You can find out all about the Krampus, and other darker Christmas traditions, in my festive-themed book Christmas Explained: Robins, Kings and Brussel Sprouts.
Thursday, 29 October 2015
Steampunk Thursday: Vanishing Point
Click this link to download your free copy of my Pax Britannia novella Vanishing Point now!
Thursday, 27 August 2015
Steampunk Thursday: Unnatural History still feelin' the love!
The very first Pax Britannia novel Unnatural History may have been published over 8 years ago(!) but some people are still discovering it - and loving it - for the first time."A real rip-roaring adventure full of spills, thrills and quite little digs at modem society... an excellent read."
"The characters are well rounded and interesting, the hero's are both square jawed and stiff upper lipped."
"Very much enjoyed this adventure, well worth it. The characters are fun and the story moves at a fast pace that keeps the eager hooked."
"A rip-roaring read of a Steampunk alternate modern day universe."
"The pace is quick, and the action exciting."
"This is an effortlessly entertaining pulpy read."
And do you know what else? Unnatural History is currently ranked
#14 in Kindle Store > Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > Steampunk.
You can download your copy here, for free!
Thursday, 19 March 2015
The Book of the Dead - One-Day Giveaway
In honour of the occasion, and a very remarkable lady, Jurassic London is making its Egyptologically-inspired anthology of short stories The Book of the Dead, available for free for 24 hours on Amazon.
The collection contains my own catchily-titled Egyptian death and the afterlife: mummies (Rooms 62-3), which, unusually for me, is a love story.
Tuesday, 13 January 2015
Fighting Fantazine #14 available now!
Issue #14 of the hugely popular and highly professionally put together Fighting Fantasy fanzine Fighting Fantazine is now available for download - for FREE!I have been particularly looking forward to this issue, because not one, not two, but three of my projects feature within its 104 pages!
First up is Bloodbones, or more specifically, Tin Man Games' adaptation of my fourth Fighting Fantasy adventure which was on hiatus for ten years until it was finally published by Wizard Books nine years ago*.
Second up is a report on Fighting Fantasy Fest 2014, written by Andrew Jones...
...and third is another glowing review of YOU ARE THE HERO, this time by Stuart Lloyd.
The issue also includes a brand new Lone Wolf adventure this time, and an in depth interview with Marc Gascoigne, who was consultant editor on the series when I started writing for Fighting Fantasy... almost 23 years ago**!
Congratulations to Editor Alex Ballingall and the team, for another fantastic issue, and you can download your FREE copy by clicking this link.
* Crikey! Has it really been that long?
** It's actually nearer 25 years*** since I first started pitching ideas to Marc.
*** That's a quarter of a century!
Monday, 29 December 2014
Haunted Holidays
You may have noticed that I'm giving away one of my short stories for Christmas. Well I'm not the only one. Josh Reynolds, creator of the Royal Occultist, is giving away five of his.The Royal Occultist: Haunted Holidays contains four previously published stories – The Dreaming Dead, Krampusnacht, The Gotterdammerung Gavotte, Feast of Fools – and one all new, never before published story, The Riders of St. George, which sees St. Cyprian and his more than able assistant Ebe Gallowglass battle an army of undead knights on St. George’s Day.
If you would like to download your free copy of Haunted Holidays, you can do so by clicking this handy link.
Sunday, 28 December 2014
A late Christmas present...
For everyone!Now I know Krampusnacht was celebrated back on the 5th December and the Feast of Saint Nicholas was on the 6th December, but Family Green are away in the snowy Austrian Tyrol at the moment, and in a fit of seasonal generosity, inspired by the inspiring surroundings, I am giving away a story I wrote back in 2012.
You can download a pdf of Claws here.
If you enjoy Claws, and you like you future police enforcement Mega-City One-flavoured, then chances are you will also enjoy my latest seasonal Judge Dredd offering, You'd Better Be Good, For Goodness' Sake.
And of course you can find out all about the Krampus in my Christmas book Christmas Explained: Robins, Kings and Brussel Sprouts.
Saturday, 1 March 2014
Short Story Saturday: Happy Birthday Nazi Zombie Army!
Just in case you need persuading, here's the latest 5-star review:
"This is a ripping yarn that takes one of the world's favourite subjects - zombies - adds them to Nazis and then has them destroyed. What more could you want?"
I did offer to write an accompanying story for Nazi Zombie Army 2, but the offer wasn't taken up. In other news, word is that Nazi Zombie Army will be heading towards a console near you soon.



































