Terry wrote this when he was 13 and it was published in Science
Fantasy magazine no 60.
1965 Night Dweller
Printed by New World's magazine no 156 (November 1965), this is a
rather formulaic and downbeat science fiction story along the lines
of "In Space Noone Can Hear You Scream".
1987 Twenty Pence with Envelope and Seasonal Greetings
Time Out printed this seasonal story in issue 904/5.
A curious tale written in the style of 19th century horror, it is
about weird happenings on the Wiltshire hills outside Bath.
Included more recently in "Shivers for Christmas" (1995, Michael
O'Mara, 1-85479-919-3).
1988 Incubust
In a book called
The Drabble Project published by Birmingham University
Science Fiction Society. Every story in the book is 100 words
long and Terry's contribution is excellent. Only 1000 copies
of the book were published and they are all numbered.
(Beccon Publications, 1-870824-12-1).
1988 Final Reward
Used by role-playing magazine GM which folded soon after. An author
opens his front door one morning to be confronted by the barbarian
Hero he just killed off in his latest novel. I wonder if Terry has
nightmares about this sort of thing happening?
Later included (with typos) in "Space Movies II" (1996, Severn
House 0-7278-4897-6).
1989 Turntables of the Night
Included in the collection Hidden Turnings - short SF and fantasy
stories for young people. The story features Death in a night club
in rhinestone boots - told in retrospect by one of the lads who ran
the disco. (Methuen, 0-416-11272-2).
Also appeared in recent anthology Flying Sorcerers edited by Peter
Haining and published by Souvenir Press, 1997.
1990 #ifdefDEBUG + "world/enough" + "time"
Odd SF detective story in collection Digital Dreams.
(NEL, 0-459-53150-3)
Also in "Cyber-killers" edited by Ric Alexander (Orion, June 1997).
1990 Hollywood Chickens
Published in More Tales from the Forbidden Planet.
(Titan, 1-85286-332-3). A very funny tale about what happens to a brood of
chickens that escape onto the roadside verge of a Hollywood freeway.
Determined to "cross the road", they evolve over a period of years
in a very strange way.
1990 History in the Faking
Evening Standard, Weekend Section (2-Feb-1990). A warped vision of
2990 AD in which a historian explains his view of the 20th century
surmised from surviving relics. Cynical and a bit dated now.
1991 The Secret Book of the Dead
A collection of grim poetry, Now We Are Sick was edited by
Neil Gaiman and Stephen Jones. Terry's contribution is a
pastiche of a famous poem by Philip Larkin which starts "They
f*** you up, your Mum and Dad." There are several copies of
this excellent Larkin poem on the Internet and you should
be able to find one using any of the major search engines.
Terry's version is about how parents don't prepare you for
the death of your pets and is somewhat milder than the
original poem.
(DreamHaven, 0-9630944-1-6).
1992 Troll Bridge
In After the King (Tor, 0-312-85175-8), a collection in honour of
Tolkein. A short story from the Discworld with Cohen the Barbarian
setting out to kill a troll in hand to hand combat. Things don't
quite work out that way though...
Later included in "The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories" (1994,
0-19-214216-X).
Also included in "The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy" (1998, Robinson
Publishers, 1-85487-530-2) edited by Mike Ashley.
Reprinted again in the Peter Haining edited "Knights of Madness"
(1998, Souvenir Press, 028563450X).
1993 Theatre of Cruelty
WH Smith's Bookcase magazine featured this short story with the
city watch investigating a Punch and Judy murder. Read the story
at LSpace
(under "books"). Also published in "The Wizards of Odd" (1996,
Souvenir Press, 0-285-63308-2).
1995 Once and Future
A lost time traveller finds himself in Arthurian times and
recreates the sword in the stone legend using his advanced
scientific knowledge. But the results are not quite what he
expects. A pleasant tale with some classic Pratchett plot
devices, it appears in an Arthurian anthology
"Camelot". May only have been published in the US
(Philomel Books 0-399-22540-4).
1996 The Megabyte Drive to Believe in Santa Claus
Western Daily Press (24/12/96). Printed (and set) on Christmas
Eve, this is a brief story about Santa Claus turning up at an
office. He has received a letter from Tom, who turns out to be a
computer who believes in Father Christmas. This is a children's
story.
1998 Sea and Little Fishes
A long story about the 'Lancre Witch Trials' - an annual competition
to find the best witch in Lancre. Since a certain Granny Weatherwax
wins every year, a delegation headed by Letice Earwig ask her not to
take part, and the results are unexpected and very funny.
The story has been published in the Robert Silverberg edited 'Legends'
(US - Tor Books, ISBN 0312867875. UK - Voyager, ISBN 0002256665).
Short Stories
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