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A stroke of the pen : the lost stories / Terry Pratchett ; foreword by Neil Gaiman ; interior illustrations by Andrew Davidson.

Pratchett, Terry, (author.). Davidson, Andrew, 1958- (illustrator.). Gaiman, Neil, (writer of foreword.).

Summary:

A collection of twenty rediscovered stories, written under a pseudonym in the 1970s and 80s. These early tales hint at the worlds Terry would go on to create, containing all his trademark wit, satirical wisdom and fantastic imagination. Meet Og the inventor, the first caveman to cultivate fire, as he discovers the highs and lows of progress; haunt the Ministry of Nuisances with the defiant evicted ghosts of Pilgarlic Towers; visit Blackbury, a small market town with weird weather and an otherworldly visitor; and go on a dangerous quest through time and space with hero Kron, which begins in the ancient city of Morpork.

Record details

ISBN: 9780857529633
Physical Description: xv, 220 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Publisher: London : Doubleday, 2023.
Copyright: ©2023

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Foreword by Neil Gaiman -- Introduction by Colin Smythe -- How it all began... -- The fossil beach -- The real wild west -- How Scrooge saw the spectral light (ho! ho! ho!) and went happily back to humbug -- Wanted: A fat, jolly man with a red woolly hat -- A partridge in a post box -- The new Father Christmas -- The great Blackbury pie -- How good King Wenceslas went pop for the DJ's feast of Stephen -- Dragon quest -- The gnomes from home -- From the horse's mouth -- Blackbury weather -- The Blackbury jungle -- The haunted steamroller -- The money tree -- The Blackbury thing -- Mr Brown's holiday accident -- Pilgarlic Towers -- The quest for the keys -- The quest for The quest for the keys, by Pat and Jan Harkin -- Text acknowledgements.