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A Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories by Terry Pratchett (Doubleday UK, October 10, 2023, 978-0-85752-963-3, £20.00, xv+220pp, hc, oc)     Also available in a slipcased “Collector’s Edition” (-996-1, £85.00) which includes 4 pages of childhood doodles by Pratchett and a poster insert with the text of “The Quest for the Keys”. Details taken from online listing. xi · Foreword · Neil Gaiman · fw [Ref. Terry Pratchett] 1 · Introduction · Colin Smythe · in 3 · How It All Began… · Terry Pratchett · ss Western Daily Press June 12 1971 (+2), as by Patrick Kearns; illustrated by Andrew Davidson 11 · The Fossil Beach · Terry Pratchett · ss Western Daily Press May 5 1973 (+8), as by Patrick Kearns; illustrated by Andrew Davidson 25 · The Real Wild West · Terry Pratchett · ss Western Daily Press February 2 1972 (+6), as by Patrick Kearns; illustrated by Andrew Davidson 35 · How Scrooge Saw the Spectral Light (Ho! Ho! Ho!) and Went Happily Back to Humbug · Terry Pratchett · ss Western Daily Press December 24 1975, as by Patrick Kearns; illustrated by Andrew Davidson 43 · Wanted: A Fat, Jolly Man with a Red Woolly Hat · Terry Pratchett · ss Western Daily Press December 24 1974, as by Patrick Kearns; illustrated by Andrew Davidson 51 · A Partridge in a Post Box · Terry Pratchett · ss Western Daily Press December 24 1970, as by Patrick Kearns; illustrated by Andrew Davidson 57 · The New Father Christmas · Terry Pratchett · ss Western Daily Press December 23 1972, as by Patrick Kearns; illustrated by Andrew Davidson 63 · The Great Blackbury Pie · Terry Pratchett · ss Western Daily Press November 18 1970 (+1); illustrated by Andrew Davidson revised from “The Blackbury Pie” (Bucks Free Press 15, 22 December 1967, as by Uncle Jim). 69 · How Good King Wenceslas Went Pop for the DJ’s Feast of Stephen · Terry Pratchett · ss Western Daily Press December 21 1971, as by Patrick Kearns; illustrated by Andrew Davidson 77 · Dragon Quest · Terry Pratchett · ss Western Daily Press December 6 1972 (+6), as by Patrick Kearns; illustrated by Andrew Davidson revised from “Dragons at Crumbling Castle” (The Bucks Free Press 2, 9, 16, 23 September 1966 as by Uncle Jim). 87 · The Gnomes from Home · Terry Pratchett · ss Western Daily Press August 4 1971 (+3), as by Patrick Kearns; illustrated by Andrew Davidson 95 · From the Horse’s Mouth · Terry Pratchett · ss Western Daily Press May 31 1972 (+5), as by Patrick Kearns; illustrated by Andrew Davidson revised from “Johnno, the Talking Horse” (Bucks Free Press 28 April, 5, 12, 19, 25 May 1972, untitled, as by Uncle Jim). 105 · Blackbury Weather · Terry Pratchett · ss Western Daily Press March 18 1972 (+4), as by Patrick Kearns; illustrated by Andrew Davidson 115 · The Blackbury Jungle · Terry Pratchett · ss Bucks Free Press May 25 1973 (+4), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim; illustrated by Andrew Davidson 125 · The Haunted Steamroller · Terry Pratchett · ss Western Daily Press June 13 1973 (+6), as by Patrick Kearns; illustrated by Andrew Davidson 135 · The Money Tree · Terry Pratchett · ss Western Daily Press August 18 1971 (+4), as by Patrick Kearns; illustrated by Andrew Davidson 143 · The Blackbury Thing · Terry Pratchett · ss Western Daily Press March 1 1972 (+4), as by Patrick Kearns; illustrated by Andrew Davidson 151 · Mr. Brown’s Holiday Accident · Terry Pratchett · ss Bucks Free Press May 1 1970 (+4), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim; illustrated by Andrew Davidson 163 · Pilgarlic Towers · Terry Pratchett · ss Western Daily Press July 17 1971 (+4), as by Patrick Kearns; illustrated by Andrew Davidson 173 · The Quest for the Keys · Terry Pratchett · nv Western Daily Press July 30 1984 (+35); illustrated by Andrew Davidson 213 · The Quest for The Quest for the Keys, or, Sometimes It’s Right to Be Wrong · Pat & Jan Harkin · ar 220 · Text Acknowledgements · [uncredited] · bi

A Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories (var. 1) by Terry Pratchett (Penguin, September 26, 2024, 978-1-804-99259-3, £9.99, xix+226pp, tp, oc, cover by Micaela Alcaino)     Revised from the hardback (Doubleday UK, 2023) edition to include an additional, newly-discovered, story. xv · Foreword · Neil Gaiman · fw A Stroke of the Pen by Terry Pratchett, Doubleday UK, 2023 [Ref. Terry Pratchett] 1 · Introduction · Colin Smythe · in A Stroke of the Pen by Terry Pratchett, Doubleday UK, 2023 3 · How It All Began… · Terry Pratchett · ss Western Daily Press June 12 1971 (+2), as by Patrick Kearns; illustrated by Andrew Davidson 11 · The Fossil Beach · Terry Pratchett · ss Western Daily Press May 5 1973 (+8), as by Patrick Kearns; illustrated by Andrew Davidson 25 · The Real Wild West · Terry Pratchett · ss Western Daily Press February 2 1972 (+6), as by Patrick Kearns; illustrated by Andrew Davidson 35 · How Scrooge Saw the Spectral Light (Ho! Ho! Ho!) and Went Happily Back to Humbug · Terry Pratchett · ss Western Daily Press December 24 1975, as by Patrick Kearns; illustrated by Andrew Davidson 43 · Wanted: A Fat, Jolly Man with a Red Woolly Hat · Terry Pratchett · ss Western Daily Press December 24 1974, as by Patrick Kearns; illustrated by Andrew Davidson 51 · A Partridge in a Post Box · Terry Pratchett · ss Western Daily Press December 24 1970, as by Patrick Kearns; illustrated by Andrew Davidson 57 · The New Father Christmas · Terry Pratchett · ss Western Daily Press December 23 1972, as by Patrick Kearns; illustrated by Andrew Davidson 63 · The Great Blackbury Pie · Terry Pratchett · ss Western Daily Press November 18 1970 (+1); illustrated by Andrew Davidson revised from “The Blackbury Pie” (Bucks Free Press 15, 22 December 1967, as by Uncle Jim). 69 · How Good King Wenceslas Went Pop for the DJ’s Feast of Stephen · Terry Pratchett · ss Western Daily Press December 21 1971, as by Patrick Kearns; illustrated by Andrew Davidson 77 · Dragon Quest · Terry Pratchett · ss Western Daily Press December 6 1972 (+6), as by Patrick Kearns; illustrated by Andrew Davidson revised from “Dragons at Crumbling Castle” (The Bucks Free Press 2, 9, 16, 23 September 1966 as by Uncle Jim). 87 · The Gnomes from Home · Terry Pratchett · ss Western Daily Press August 4 1971 (+3), as by Patrick Kearns; illustrated by Andrew Davidson 95 · From the Horse’s Mouth · Terry Pratchett · ss Western Daily Press May 31 1972 (+5), as by Patrick Kearns; illustrated by Andrew Davidson revised from “Johnno, the Talking Horse” (Bucks Free Press 28 April, 5, 12, 19, 25 May 1972, untitled, as by Uncle Jim). 105 · Blackbury Weather · Terry Pratchett · ss Western Daily Press March 18 1972 (+4), as by Patrick Kearns; illustrated by Andrew Davidson 115 · The Blackbury Jungle · Terry Pratchett · ss Bucks Free Press May 25 1973 (+4), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim; illustrated by Andrew Davidson 125 · The Haunted Steamroller · Terry Pratchett · ss Western Daily Press June 13 1973 (+6), as by Patrick Kearns; illustrated by Andrew Davidson 135 · The Money Tree · Terry Pratchett · ss Western Daily Press August 18 1971 (+4), as by Patrick Kearns; illustrated by Andrew Davidson 143 · The Blackbury Thing · Terry Pratchett · ss Western Daily Press March 1 1972 (+4), as by Patrick Kearns; illustrated by Andrew Davidson 151 · Mr. Brown’s Holiday Accident · Terry Pratchett · ss Bucks Free Press May 1 1970 (+4), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim; illustrated by Andrew Davidson 163 · Pilgarlic Towers · Terry Pratchett · ss Western Daily Press July 17 1971 (+4), as by Patrick Kearns; illustrated by Andrew Davidson 173 · The Quest for the Keys · Terry Pratchett · nv Western Daily Press July 30 1984 (+35); illustrated by Andrew Davidson 213 · The Quest for The Quest for the Keys, or, Sometimes It’s Right to Be Wrong · Pat & Jan Harkin · ar A Stroke of the Pen by Terry Pratchett, Doubleday UK, 2023 217 · Arnold, the Bominable Snowman · Terry Pratchett · ss Western Daily Press December 24 1973, as by Patrick Kearns 223 · Text Acknowledgements · [uncredited] · bi A Stroke of the Pen by Terry Pratchett, Doubleday UK, 2023; slightly revised.

The Witch’s Vacuum Cleaner and Other Stories by Terry Pratchett (Doubleday UK Children’s Books, August 25, 2016, 978-0-857-53483-5, £12.99, xii+318pp, hc, co, cover by Mark Beech)     Collection of 14 stories, originally published untitled as by “Uncle Jim” in the “Children’s Circle” section of Bucks Free Press (1966-1973). ix · Introduction · Terry Pratchett · in 1 · The Witch’s Vacuum Cleaner · Terry Pratchett · nv Bucks Free Press January 2 1970 (+3), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim 23 · The Great Train Robbery · Terry Pratchett · ss Bucks Free Press July 22 1966 (+2), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim 39 · The Truly Terrible Toothache · Terry Pratchett · nv Bucks Free Press June 29 1973 (+5), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim 69 · The Frozen Feud · Terry Pratchett · ss Bucks Free Press September 22 1967 (+1), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim 81 · Darby and the Submarine · Terry Pratchett · nv Bucks Free Press September 30 1966 (+4), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim 107 · The Sheep Rodeo Scandal · Terry Pratchett · nv Bucks Free Press August 8 1969 (+3), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim 131 · An Ant Called 4179003 · Terry Pratchett · ss Bucks Free Press February 27 1970 (+2), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim 145 · The Fire Opal · Terry Pratchett · nv Bucks Free Press September 27 1968 (+6), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim 179 · Lord Cake and the Battle for Banwen’s Beacon · Terry Pratchett · ss Bucks Free Press August 23 1968 (+2), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim 193 · The Time-Travelling Television · Terry Pratchett · nv Bucks Free Press June 2 1972 (+5), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim 213 · The Blackbury Park Statues · Terry Pratchett · ss Bucks Free Press January 30 1970 (+3), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim 231 · Wizard War · Terry Pratchett · nv Bucks Free Press February 16 1968 (+3), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim 251 · The Extraordinary Adventures of Doggins · Terry Pratchett · nv Bucks Free Press May 27 1966 (+7), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim 285 · Rincemangle, the Gnome of Even Moor · Terry Pratchett · nv Bucks Free Press March 16 1973 (+9), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim

The Witch’s Vacuum Cleaner and Other Stories (var. 1) by Terry Pratchett (Doubleday UK Children’s Books, August 25, 2016, 978-0-857-53484-2, £25.00, xii+318pp, hc, co)     Collection of 16 stories, originally published untitled as by ’Uncle Jim’ in the ’Children’s Circle’ section of Bucks Free Press (1966-1973). Illustrations by Mark Beech. This is the slip-cased collector’s edition produced for Waterstones, which includes the contents of the trade edition, plus a print of the author as a wizard by the artist, two extra stories, “Johnno the Talking Horse” (1972) and “The Wild Knight” (1966), plus a commentary by Suzanne Bridson (Terry’s adult fiction editor) after each story, and an end-piece by Rob Wilkins. ix · Introduction · Terry Pratchett · in 1 · The Witch’s Vacuum Cleaner · Terry Pratchett · nv Bucks Free Press January 2 1970 (+3), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim 25 · The Great Train Robbery · Terry Pratchett · ss Bucks Free Press July 22 1966 (+2), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim 43 · The Truly Terrible Toothache · Terry Pratchett · nv Bucks Free Press June 29 1973 (+5), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim 75 · The Frozen Feud · Terry Pratchett · ss Bucks Free Press September 22 1967 (+1), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim 89 · Darby and the Submarine · Terry Pratchett · nv Bucks Free Press September 30 1966 (+4), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim 119 · The Sheep Rodeo Scandal · Terry Pratchett · nv Bucks Free Press August 8 1969 (+3), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim 145 · An Ant Called 4179003 · Terry Pratchett · ss Bucks Free Press February 27 1970 (+2), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim 161 · The Fire Opal · Terry Pratchett · nv Bucks Free Press September 27 1968 (+6), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim 199 · Lord Cake and the Battle for Banwen’s Beacon · Terry Pratchett · ss Bucks Free Press August 23 1968 (+2), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim 215 · The Time-Travelling Television · Terry Pratchett · nv Bucks Free Press June 2 1972 (+5), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim 239 · The Blackbury Park Statues · Terry Pratchett · ss Bucks Free Press January 30 1970 (+3), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim 259 · Wizard War · Terry Pratchett · nv Bucks Free Press February 16 1968 (+3), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim 281 · The Extraordinary Adventures of Doggins · Terry Pratchett · nv Bucks Free Press May 27 1966 (+7), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim 319 · Rincemangle, the Gnome of Even Moor · Terry Pratchett · nv Bucks Free Press March 16 1973 (+9), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim 355 · The Johnno the Talking Horse · Terry Pratchett · nv Bucks Free Press April 28 1972 (+4), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim 373 · The Wild Knight · Terry Pratchett · nv Bucks Free Press May 6 1966 (+2), as “[untitled story]” by Uncle Jim

The Comfortable Coffin ed. Richard S. Prather (Fawcett, November 1960, 192pp, pb, an)     A Mystery Writers of America Anthology. 1 · The Comfortable Coffin · Richard S. Prather · in 11 · The Bottled Wife · Michael Fessier · ss Esquire February 1952, as “The Strange Case of the Bottled Wife” 22 · A Coffin for Mr. Cash · Robert Arthur · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1958 39 · The Faith of Aaron Menefee · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1957 55 · “My Queer Dean!” [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week March 8 1953 62 · —Your Cake and Eat It · Berkely Mather · ss 1960 76 · Squeakie’s Second Case [Squeakie Meadows] · Margaret Manners · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #22, May 1945 98 · First Man at the Funeral [Sheriff] · Dion Henderson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1957 104 · The Strange Tale of Mr. Elsie Smith · Dana Lyon · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1953, as “Mr. Elsie Smith” 110 · The Live Ones [Shell Scott] · Richard S. Prather · ss Escapade January 1957, as “Too Many Girls” 118 · The Gentleman Caller · Veronica Parker Johns · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1955 136 · Mr. Portway’s Practice · Michael Gilbert · ss Lilliput October 1957 148 · Fin de Siecle · William O’Farrell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1960, as “Lady of the Old School” 162 · Kiss Me, Dudley · Evan Hunter · ss Manhunt January 1955, as by Hunt Collins 169 · To Strike a Match · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss This Week November 6 1938, as “The House of Three Candles” 177 · It Wouldn’t Be Fair · Jack Finney · ss Collier’s August 28 1948

Double in Space by Fletcher Pratt (Doubleday, 1951, $2.75, 217pp, hc, co) · Project Excelsior · Fletcher Pratt · na Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1951, as “Asylum Satellite” · The Wanderer’s Return · Fletcher Pratt · na Thrilling Wonder Stories December 1951

Double in Space (var. 1) by Fletcher Pratt (Boardman, 1954, 9/6d, 222pp, hc, co) · Project Excelsior · Fletcher Pratt · na Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1951, as “Asylum Satellite” · The Conditioned Captain · Fletcher Pratt · na Startling Stories May 1953

Double Jeopardy by Fletcher Pratt (Doubleday, 1952, $2.75, 214pp, hc, co) [George Helmfleety Jones] · Double Jeopardy [George Helmfleety Jones] · Fletcher Pratt · na Thrilling Wonder Stories April 1952 · The Square Cube Law [George Helmfleety Jones] · Fletcher Pratt · na Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1952

The Intrepid Enchanter: The Complete Magical Misadventures of Harold Shea by Fletcher Pratt & L. Sprague de Camp--- see under L. Sprague de Camp.

The Mathematics of Magic: The Enchanter Stories of de Camp and Pratt by Fletcher Pratt & L. Sprague de Camp--- see under L. Sprague de Camp.

Tales from Gavagan’s Bar by Fletcher Pratt & L. Sprague de Camp--- see under L. Sprague de Camp.

Tales from Gavagan’s Bar (Expanded Edition) by Fletcher Pratt & L. Sprague de Camp--- see under L. Sprague de Camp.

The Petrified Planet ed. Fletcher Pratt--- see under Anon..

Witches Three ed. Fletcher Pratt--- see under Anon..

World of Wonder ed. Fletcher Pratt (Twayne, 1951, $3.95, 445pp, hc, an) 11 · Foreword · Edith R. Mirrielees · fw 15 · The Nature of Imaginative Literature · Fletcher Pratt · in 22 · He Walked Around the Horses [Paratime Police] · H. Beam Piper · nv Astounding Science Fiction April 1948 45 · Roads of Destiny · O. Henry · nv Ainslee’s Magazine April 1903 68 · The Red Queen’s Race · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding Science Fiction January 1949 95 · Child’s Play · William Tenn · nv Astounding Science Fiction March 1947 125 · The Finest Story in the World · Rudyard Kipling · nv The Contemporary Review July 1891 154 · Etaoin Shrdlu · Fredric Brown · nv Unknown Worlds February 1942 178 · Mistake Inside · James Blish · nv Startling Stories March 1948 200 · Private—Keep Out! · Philip MacDonald · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Fall 1949 218 · They · Robert Heinlein · ss Unknown April 1941 235 · The Metamorphosis [Gregor Samsa] · Franz Kafka · nv Parton Press, 1937 translated from the German (“Die Verwandlung”, Weisse Blätter Oct ’15). 284 · Back There in the Grass · Gouverneur Morris · ss Collier’s December 16 1911 300 · The Mark of the Beast · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Pioneer July 12 1890 (+1) 314 · Museum Piece · Esther Carlson · ss original version of a piece first printed in Moon Over the Back Fence, Doubleday 1947. 321 · The Blue Giraffe · L. Sprague de Camp · nv Astounding Science-Fiction August 1939 347 · That Only a Mother · Judith Merril · ss Astounding Science Fiction June 1948 358 · Operation RSVP · H. Beam Piper · ss Amazing Stories January 1951 369 · Conquerors’ Isle · Nelson S. Bond · ss The Blue Book Magazine June 1946 385 · Giant Killer · A. Bertram Chandler · nv Astounding Science Fiction October 1945 435 · The Million-Year Picnic [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Summer 1946

Antiquities and Tangibles by Tim Pratt (Merry Blacksmith Press, January 2013, 978-0-61575-150-4, $13.95, 292pp, tp, co, cover by Jenn Reese)     Collection of 23 stories, three original with notes on each by the author, who also writes as T.A. Pratt. 1 · The River Boy · Tim Pratt · ss Clarkesworld #16, January 2008 5 · The Secret Beach · Tim Pratt · ss Fantasy Magazine (online) #55, October 2011 11 · Luminous · Tim Pratt · ss Daily Science Fiction 2011 as part of “The Alphabet Quartet”. 15 · Artifice and Intelligence · Tim Pratt · ss Strange Horizons August 6 2007 23 · Fiddle · Tim Pratt · vi Daily Science Fiction September 6 2010 25 · Troublesolving · Tim Pratt · nv Subterranean (online) Fall 2009 49 · A Programmatic Approach to Perfect Happiness · Tim Pratt · ss Futurismic (online) April 2009 57 · On a Blade of Grass · Tim Pratt · ss Subterranean Press newsletter July 2008 63 · The Haunted Mech Suit · Tim Pratt · ss 75 · Scientific Romance · Tim Pratt · ss February 2010 on the author’s website. 79 · Unexpected Outcomes · Tim Pratt · ss Interzone #222, June 2009 93 · Her Voice in a Bottle · Tim Pratt · ss Subterranean (online) Winter 2009 109 · The Fairy Library · Tim Pratt · nv 153 · Gingerbread · Tim Pratt · ss Ideomancer March 2007 155 · Right Turns · Tim Pratt · ss Faultline June 2012 163 · Antiquities and Tangibles · Tim Pratt · ss Subterranean (online) Fall 2011 185 · The Dude Who Collected Lovecraft · Tim Pratt & Nick Mamatas · ss ChiZine #36, April/June 2008 199 · From Around Here · Tim Pratt · ss Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories ed. John Klima, Bantam Spectra, 2007 221 · The Crawlspace of the World · Tim Pratt · ss Polyphony 6 ed. Deborah Layne & Jay Lake, Wheatland Press, 2006 233 · Cages · Tim Pratt · ss 237 · The Frozen One · Tim Pratt · ss Lone Star Stories #25, February 2008 243 · Cages · Tim Pratt · ss 253 · Restless in My Hand · Tim Pratt · ss Realms of Fantasy August 2007 269 · Another End of the Empire · Tim Pratt · ss Strange Horizons June 22 2009 281 · Story Notes · [uncredited] · ms