Here for the first time are his short stories and other short form fiction collected into one volume. A Blink of the Screen charts the course of Pratchett´s long writing career: from his schooldays through to his first writing job on the Bucks Free Press and give an excellent insight into his development as a storyteller over time; to the origins of his debut novel, «The Carpet People»; and on again to the dizzy mastery of the phenomenally successful Discworld series. Here are characters both familiar and yet to be discovered; abandoned worlds and others still expanding; adventure, chickens, death, disco and, actually, some quite disturbing ideas about Christmas,all of it shot through with his inimitable brand of humour. Contains:10 pre-1980 short stories, 11 non-discworld stories and 12 discworld pieces. An introduction by Booker Prize-winning author A.S. Byatt, illustrations by the late Josh Kirby and drawings by the author himself, this is a book to treasure
