Hot Sale A Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories Pratchett Terry (2023)

This collection brings together twenty early short stories by Terry Pratchett, rediscovered tales he wrote under a pseudonym for newspapers during the 1970s and 1980s. None is set in Discworld, but they point towards the world Pratchett would later create, combining his characteristic wit, satirical wisdom and vivid imagination in stories that entertain, enlighten and make you laugh. Meet Og the inventor, the first caveman to cultivate fire, as he discovers the highs and lows of progress; encounter the defiant ghosts evicted from Pilgarlic Towers; visit Blackbury, a small market town with strange weather and an otherworldly visitor; and travel millions of years back in time to the Old Red Sandstone Lion pub. Presented as the final new writing to be published from Pratchett, this collection offers short stories for both long-standing readers and newcomers, and reflects the inventive, difficult-to-categorise voice praised by writers and critics including A. S. Byatt, Frank Cottrell Boyce and The Times.