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A collection of short fiction from 1963 to 2009, with cover art showing Terry sitting at a desk, while the back shows a slightly cartoony drawing of Death.
A collection of short fiction from 1963 to 2009, with cover art showing Terry sitting at a desk, while the back shows a slightly cartoony drawing of Death.


[[Image:Blink.jpg|right]]
==Contents==
[[File:Blink US.jpg|thumb|150px|right|US Cover]]
Foreword by A. S. Byatt


==Contents==
===Non-Discworld Shorter Writings===
* Foreword by A. S. Byatt
# [[Short Story:The Hades Business|"The Hades Business"]] (1963)
* Non-Discworld Shorter Writings
# "The Hades Business" (1963)
# "Solution" (1964)
# "Solution" (1964)
# "The Picture" (1965)
# "The Picture" (1965)
# "The Prince and the Partridge" (1968)
# "The Prince and the Partridge" (1968)
# "Rincemangle, The Gnome of Even Moor" (1973)
# [[Short Story:Rincemangle, The Gnome of Even Moor|"Rincemangle, The Gnome of Even Moor"]] (1973)
# "Kindly Breathe in Short, Thick Pants" (1976)
# "Kindly Breathe in Short, Thick Pants" (1976)
# "The Glastonbury Tales" (1977)
# "The Glastonbury Tales" (1977)
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# "Coo, They've Given Me the Bird" (1978)
# "Coo, They've Given Me the Bird" (1978)
# "And Mind the Monoliths" (1978)
# "And Mind the Monoliths" (1978)
# "The High Meggas" (1986)
# [[Short Story:The High Meggas|"The High Meggas"]] (1986)
# "Twenty Pence, with Envelope and Seasonal Greeting" (1987)
# [[Short Story:Twenty Pence With Envelope and Seasonal Greetings|"Twenty Pence, with Envelope and Seasonal Greeting"]] (1987)
# "Incubust" (1988)
# [[Short Story:Incubust|"Incubust"]] (1988)
# "Final Reward" (1988)
# [[Short Story:Final Reward|"Final Reward"]] (1988)
# "Turntables of the Night" (1989)
# [[Short Story:Turntables of the Night|"Turntables of the Night"]] (1989)
# "#ifdefDEBUG + `world/enough' + `time'" (1990)
# [[Short Story:#ifdefDEBUG + "world/enough" + "time"|"#ifdefDEBUG + `world/enough' + `time'"]] (1990)
# "Hollywood Chickens" (1990)
# [[Short Story:Hollywood Chickens|"Hollywood Chickens"]] (1990)
# "The Secret Book of the Dead" (1991)
# [[Short Story:The Secret Book of the Dead|"The Secret Book of the Dead"]] (1991)
# "Once and Future" (1995)
# [[Short Story:Once And Future|"Once and Future"]] (1995)
# "FTB" (1996)
# [[Short Story:The Megabyte Drive to Believe in Santa Claus|"FTB"]] (1996)
# "Sir Joshua Easement: A Biographical Note" (2010)
# "Sir Joshua Easement: A Biographical Note" (2010)


* Discworld Shorter Writings
=== Discworld Shorter Writings ===
# "Troll Bridge" (1992)
# [[Short Story:Troll Bridge|"Troll Bridge"]] (1992)
# "Theatre of Cruelty" (1993)
# [[Short Story:Theatre of Cruelty|"Theatre of Cruelty"]] (1993)
# "The Sea and Little Fishes" (1998)
# [[Short Story:The Sea and Little Fishes|"The Sea and Little Fishes"]] (1998)
# "The Ankh-Morpork National Anthem" (1999)
# [[We Can Rule You Wholesale|"The Ankh-Morpork National Anthem"]] (1999)
# "Medical Notes" (2002)
# [[Medical Notes|"Medical Notes"]] (2002)
# "Thud-A Historical Perspective" (2002)
# [[Short Story:Thud-A Historical Perspective|"Thud-A Historical Perspective"]] (2002)
# "A Few Words from Lord Havelock Vetinari" (2002)
# [[A Few Words From Lord Havelock Vetinari|"A Few Words from Lord Havelock Vetinari"]] (2002)
# "Death and What Comes Next" (2004)
# [[Short Story:Death and What Comes Next|"Death and What Comes Next"]] (2004)
# "A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices" (2005)
# [[Short Story:A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices|"A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices"]] (2005)
# "Minutes of the Meeting to Form the Proposed Ankh-Morpork Federation of Scouts" (2007)
# [[Ankh-Morpork Scouting (and possibly Urban Survival) Federation|"Minutes of the Meeting to Form the Proposed Ankh-Morpork Federation of Scouts"]] (2007)
# "The Ankh-Morpork Football Association Hall of Fame playing cards" (2009)
# [[The Ankh-Morpork Football Association Hall of Fame playing cards|"The Ankh-Morpork Football Association Hall of Fame playing cards"]] (2009)
 
* Appendix
# Deleted extract from "The Sea and Little Fishes" (1998)
 
==Annotation==
 
The collection contains a short story, [[Short story:Final Reward‎|Final Reward]], in which an author of heroic fantasy fiction decides to kill off the barbarian hero who made his literary name, so as to focus on more ''serious'' writings. And then the Barbarian Hero turns up on his doorstep to complain about being killed off....
 
Compare this story told about Robert E. Howard, creator of the ur-barbarian hero, Conan of Cimmeria.
 
''"He's alone one night, and he feels a shadow overtake him from behind, and he knows that Conan stands behind him, with a large axe. And Conan tells him "Stay there, and write!""''
 
(Quoted in the journal of weird things, '''''Fortean Times''''', January 2013, p53.)
 


=== Appendix ===
# [[Deleted Scenes|Deleted extract from "The Sea and Little Fishes"]] (1998)


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A Blink of the Screen
Cover
Co-author(s)
Illustrator(s)
Publisher Doubleday
Publication date October 2012
ISBN 0385618980
Pages 320
RRP £20.00
Main characters
Series Short Stories
Annotations View
Notes
All data relates to the first UK edition.

A collection of short fiction from 1963 to 2009, with cover art showing Terry sitting at a desk, while the back shows a slightly cartoony drawing of Death.

Contents

US Cover

Foreword by A. S. Byatt

Non-Discworld Shorter Writings

  1. "The Hades Business" (1963)
  2. "Solution" (1964)
  3. "The Picture" (1965)
  4. "The Prince and the Partridge" (1968)
  5. "Rincemangle, The Gnome of Even Moor" (1973)
  6. "Kindly Breathe in Short, Thick Pants" (1976)
  7. "The Glastonbury Tales" (1977)
  8. "There's No Fool Like an Old Fool Found in an English Queue" (1978)
  9. "Coo, They've Given Me the Bird" (1978)
  10. "And Mind the Monoliths" (1978)
  11. "The High Meggas" (1986)
  12. "Twenty Pence, with Envelope and Seasonal Greeting" (1987)
  13. "Incubust" (1988)
  14. "Final Reward" (1988)
  15. "Turntables of the Night" (1989)
  16. "#ifdefDEBUG + `world/enough' + `time'" (1990)
  17. "Hollywood Chickens" (1990)
  18. "The Secret Book of the Dead" (1991)
  19. "Once and Future" (1995)
  20. "FTB" (1996)
  21. "Sir Joshua Easement: A Biographical Note" (2010)

Discworld Shorter Writings

  1. "Troll Bridge" (1992)
  2. "Theatre of Cruelty" (1993)
  3. "The Sea and Little Fishes" (1998)
  4. "The Ankh-Morpork National Anthem" (1999)
  5. "Medical Notes" (2002)
  6. "Thud-A Historical Perspective" (2002)
  7. "A Few Words from Lord Havelock Vetinari" (2002)
  8. "Death and What Comes Next" (2004)
  9. "A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices" (2005)
  10. "Minutes of the Meeting to Form the Proposed Ankh-Morpork Federation of Scouts" (2007)
  11. "The Ankh-Morpork Football Association Hall of Fame playing cards" (2009)

Appendix

  1. Deleted extract from "The Sea and Little Fishes" (1998)
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