Dear Ghastlings,

As it is the last day of 2016, I reflect on the year just about to pass and the year just coming and I would like to say a big thank you to everyone who has ‘liked’, ‘bought’, ‘tweeted’, ‘contributed’, ‘illustrated’, ‘followed’, ‘submitted’, ‘written’, ‘recommended to a friend’ and ‘subscribed’ to the magazine. 2016 has been the best year for The Ghastling so far and it is all thanks to you. I am very excited to be working on the 5th issue which will be with us very soon and I am very much looking forward to seeing what 2017 will bring.

I would also like to extend my thanks and gratitude to my most marvellous team of spooks: Maria and Nathaniel, whose energy and passion for this project, this beautiful magazine, has meant we have thrived to produce something truly special. We all work very hard to bring this to you and it is always enormously exciting to see you enjoying the finished product.

Sending you blessings for a peaceful 2017 (and of course, a little bit of horror too – of the good kind, mind.) And wishing you and yours a spooky New Year.

Spiders, cobwebs and capes,

Rebecca Parfitt

Editor, The Ghastling