Tales From The Scrypt: Tis' the Season to be Gory

Sally bakes a special batch of Christmas cookies that will prove to her unbelieving dad that Santa really does exist.

A mission to reignite the Sun destroys Earth, and leaves a sole survivor orbiting the charred, lifeless planet in a desolate space station. All hope is lost when a little Christmas spirit comes knocking at the airlock door.

The local lake is one way to escape the chaos of Christmas morning, but when a ghostly figure leads Shaun down a haunted rabbit hole towards the gates of purgatory, he quickly discovers the devastating truth of what he has done that means he won’t make it back to open his presents.

What starts as some neighbours using a local Facebook group to complain about a gang of “oiks on bikes tearing up the streets” becomes a bizarre chain of events that forces them to decide whether to give up their freedom.

1986. The Game Kid, with its groundbreaking technology allowing 72 hours of game play without charging, is the only thing on everyone’s Christmas list. But the power comes from something far more ancient, and when the batteries inside hatch, the world is slowly devoured, including the resistant residents of a London tower block.