"A Blink of the Screen" is the first career-spanning collection of short stories and other short-form fiction by Sir Terry Pratchett, one of the most beloved, bestselling and prolific writers of his generation.Here readers will find new and unfamiliar characters and fictional worlds alongside well-known ones. They will also find adventure, chickens, death, disco, and, actually, some quite disturbing ideas about Christmas, all infused with Pratchett's inimitable brand of humour and energy.Of course there are tales from the Discworld universe, featuring Captain Vimes of the City Watch, Grany Weatherwax and the witches, and Death. The book also includes the entire range of his creative vision, from "The Hades Business," in which Satan hires an advertising executive to increase tourism in Hell (his earliest published story); to "Once and Future," his unique take on King Arthur and the sword in the stone, as told by a time-travelling Merlin; to "The High Meggas," a hard-science fiction story which, twenty years later, became the novel The Long Earth.With a foreword by Booker Prize-winning author and longtime Discworld devotee A.S. Byatt, "A Blink of the Screen" includes sixteen pages of full-colour illustrations by legendary artist Josh Kirby, as well as original drawings by the author himself. This collection is a wonderful overview of Terry Pratchett's career, and a perfect introduction to the man and his work.