First published 2017
These tales spring from the imagination of a seventeen-year-old Terry Pratchett working his first job as a junior reporter. Wizards clash in supernatural warfare while adventurers navigate the skies in airships and explore ocean depths in submarines. In the Wild West, the fastest truncheon meets its match. Magic pulses through each story, bringing wonder and chaos in equal measure. Readers witness the birth of ideas that would later bloom into Pratchett's most celebrated works. The young author's voice already carries the wit and inventiveness that would define his career. Each story delivers sorcery and surprise, showing how a teenage writer's mind could conjure worlds where anything becomes possible. These early gems reveal the foundation of a storytelling genius.
Genres: short-stories, science-fiction, adventure, fantasy
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking, whimsical
Tropes: found-family, magic
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
247 pages · Hardcover · Katherine Tegen Books