''A Blink of the Screen'' is a 2012
short fiction
A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest t ...
anthology by
Terry Pratchett
Sir Terence David John Pratchett (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English humourist, satirist, and author of fantasy novels, especially comical works. He is best known for his ''Discworld'' series of 41 novels.
Pratchett's first nov ...
. Spanning the author's entire career, the collection contains almost all of his short fiction, whether or not set in the
Discworld
''Discworld'' is a comic fantasy"Humorous Fantasy" in David Pringle, ed., ''The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fantasy'' (pp.31-33). London, Carlton,2006. book series written by the English author Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a flat pla ...
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Contents
* Foreword by A. S. Byatt
* Non-Discworld Shorter Writings
# "The Hades Business" (1963)
# "Solution" (1964)
# "The Picture" (1965)
# "The Prince and the Partridge" (1968)
# "Rincemangle, The Gnome of Even Moor" (1973)
# "Kindly Breathe in Short, Thick Pants" (1976)
# "The Glastonbury Tales" (1977)
# "There's No Fool Like an Old Fool Found in an English Queue" (1978)
# "Coo, They've Given Me the Bird" (1978)
# "And Mind the Monoliths" (1978)
# "The High Meggas" (1986)
# "Twenty Pence, with Envelope and Seasonal Greeting" (1987)
# "Incubust" (1988)
# "Final Reward" (1988)
# "Turntables of the Night" (1989)
# "#ifdefDEBUG + `world/enough' + `time'" (1990)
# "Hollywood Chickens" (1990)
# "The Secret Book of the Dead" (1991)
# "Once and Future" (1995)
# "FTB" (1996)
# "Sir Joshua Easement: A Biographical Note" (2010)
* Discworld Shorter Writings
# "Troll Bridge" (1992)
# "Theatre of Cruelty (Discworld), Theatre of Cruelty" (1993)
# "The Sea and Little Fishes" (1998)
# "The Ankh-Morpork National Anthem" (1999)
# "Medical Notes" (2002)
# "Thud (novel), Thud: A Historical Perspective" (2002)
# "A Few Words from Lord Havelock Vetinari
Lord Havelock Vetinari, Lord Patrician (Primus inter pares) of the city-state of Ankh-Morpork, is a fictional character in Terry Pratchett's ''Discworld'' series, a series of forty-one books describing a parallel universe whose main world has ...
" (2002)
# "Death and What Comes Next
"Death and What Comes Next" is a fantasy short story by British writer Terry Pratchett, part of his '' Discworld'' series. It tells the story of a discussion between Death and a philosopher, in which the philosopher attempts to use the many-worl ...
" (2002)
# " A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices" (2005)
# "Minutes of the Meeting to Form the Proposed Ankh-Morpork Federation of Scouts" (2007)
# "The Ankh-Morpork Football Association Hall of Fame playing cards" (2009)
* Appendix
# Deleted extract from "The Sea and Little Fishes" (1998)
# List of Illustrations
References
External links
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2012 short story collections
British short story collections
Fantasy short story collections
Science fiction short story collections
Discworld books
Doubleday (publisher) books
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