Discworld Stories

Wilmuh Tremblerod knew from a young age that she would become the world's greatest playwright. Unfortunately, the world, and her talent (or lack of it) disagreed. Until one day, Linus, a young and relatively untrained muse finds her in a bar and inspires her to great things. Of course, she isn't the person he intended inspiring, but everyone makes mistakes. With the subsequent loss of Linus' powers, Willmuh's ability to write compelling and mesmerising plays runs out of control and an alarming number of people decide that Wilmuh has become some literary god, meaning that her very creativity becomes a danger to the world. When a competition is announced to find the kingdom's greatest entertainers, Wilmuh chooses to use her new-found talents to seal her place in history. But with rival entertainers and people in authority rallying against her, Wilmuh may find it harder to achieve than she first thought, and her troupe of wayward and strange thespians may not be able to stop the world from falling under her accidental-spell. And there are faeries, too. But watch out for them, they're really shady. Contains a gratuitous and shameless parody of a Doctor Who episode. I'm not even sorry.

Festivus time is here! By golly! After an avoidably unfortunate incident involving an unnecessarily large cat, with an odd way of choosing its prey, a lazy ogre, and a decision against getting knees cold, a set of brothers, long since thought gone from the world, set out to bring their itinerant feline home before things get really, really messy. Unfortunately, the Festive Boys can't stop themselves from following their Festivus instincts and the village of Drippings on the Lea have no understanding of what's coming. With a reluctant queen, an even more reluctant witch, who isn't really a witch at all, a permanently confused farmer with a rabid fear of thinking, and a reindeer called Civilolph, who has no idea why he's pulling a haywain, the villagers of Drippings on the Lea attempt to get in on a little Festivus miracle, even if they have to fight for it. Deck the halls, not your neighbours!

This month it's the turn of Comic Science Fiction to get the @Ooorah crew treatment! Come on in and have a look at the fantastic short stories, reviews and articles, and why not take part in our monthly caption contest, eh?

VIDEO HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8Pusl0wOqc In the Moleman's Epic Rap Battles Season 2 finale, it's a battle royale of Grim Reapers, with one VERY special guest appearance to conquer them all!

The day is not a great big fish, though Polly wishes it was. Her boots slip and squelch through the mud as the rain batters down. It blurs her vision so she can't see the enemy soldiers that she knows are surrounding them. It turns out that once the enemy knows that you have a vampire in your squad, they get very very good at disguising themselves.. Set after the events of Monstrous Regiment. Polly gets hurt whilst leading her squad. Maladict worries.

Discworld fanfic set at the end of Men at Arms. A rare dragon's egg is delivered to the Sunshine Sanctuary. Carrot and Angua investigate the egg while navigating the rocky landscape of their new relationship. Guest appearance by an adorable, stubborn baby dragon.

A short humorous fantasy tale about the challenges of human resources in the forgotten realms.

An unstoppable army of tribal lizard warriors, seething with vengeance and armed to the fangs with swords and axes, is poised to sweep across the lands of Pyrus, a place where both magic and psychic abilities have evolved as natural phenomena. The Brothers of the Paranormal, a sect of benevolent psionic monks, discover that the lizard's aim to have their revenge on the old city of Port Packham and resolve to try and use their abilities to prevent the onslaught. When Norris Bartlett, a struggling metal tubings salesman, is accidentally transported through an unreality hole from his own world into this alternative existence, he becomes the last hope for the Port's inhabitants - and he only went in the kitchen to put the kettle on! He finds that he has to travel across the bizarre, pear-shaped world of Pyrus to seek out a mystical artefact that might save them all - the legendary Lost Pearl of Wisdom. But the Pearl has been hidden by ancient priests and is guarded by an unspeakable horror - which is a pity since it remains Norris's only hope of ever returning to his own existence. He's accompanied on his quest by a novice from the Sisters of the Unexplained and an arrogant, irascible magician whose spellcasting ability is on par with a stuffed otter. Their guide is a desperately inexperienced treasure hunter ("Tombs Raided While U Wait") who couldn't find a brick in a bucket. Armed with ancient maps, magical scrolls and Cadmus's copy of "Amateur Spellcaster", the group set out to return with the Pearl before the invasion begins. In a spectacular and nail-biting climax, Norris discovers he's just a pawn in a plan so audacious that it puts every world in existence on the threshold of destruction – including his own. Norris discovers that he's even worse at preventing universal cataclysms than he ever was at selling Galvanised Tubing. So when things start to go pear shaped, Norris needs all the help he can get.

Commander Vimes, Sir Samuel Duke of Ankh Morpork, and Blackboard Monitor Vimes, were all surprised to find the Archchancellor at their door. Susan Stohelit, however, wasn't surprised at all to find the Death of Rats at the Stationary Cupboard's door. Rincewind, happily bored in the library of Unseen University, wasn't surprised either, when something bad happened to him, as it always does.

A comic fantasy tale told from the perspective of three very different characters (farmer, Cai Leman; leader of Oblatref, Meyor Puter Bones; and, schoolhouse mistress, Ona Tames) living in the country of Caputan. It starts with Cai Leman - a farmer in Trintan - making a discovery that leads to a whole chain of other events. These are strange days in Caputan with uprisings in the north, faith leaders from Domonstra trying to exert their influence in the west, academics in Luxatrev trying to guide the intellectual progress of the people, and the Rix's government in the south trying to maintain control of everything without emptying the coffers. This story is instalment 2. To read the whole thing, head over to: https://rhwilliams.net/ NEW Instalments POSTED EVERY THURSDAY.

[ONC 2024 Longlister] The heir to the kingdom has been kidnapped! Many great and powerful adventurers have tried to find him and bring him back to the loving arms of his father. Unfortunately, though great and powerful, they are also very much pitiful failures. When Luthiriensis, an elven tourist, and Mott, a perpetually aggrieved dwarf, are recruited by a mysterious patron to find the child, they soon find themselves in far more trouble than they could ever have imagined. Also, their recruiter is a dragon. So there's that to deal with too. An ONC novella based upon Prompt 21 - A dragon, an elf, and a dwarf embark on a quest to find the lost heir to the kingdom. Formerly "A Tale of Three". Cover created in Canva, using an AI generated picture and text through Logokit.

When an assassin disappears without a trace inside Lord Vetinari's office, Captain Carrot of the City Watch is ordered to investigate. Which is awkward, because even Vetinari insists he didn't kill him - and if Vetinari says so, you can almost believe it. With Angua, Nobby, and a handful of wizards who would much rather be having breakfast, Carrot follows a trail of flour, hedge-magic, and Guild intrigue. Soon he uncovers a conspiracy to control Ankh-Morpork's bread supply - which, in this city, is far more dangerous than any dagger. But as Carrot pulls the assassin back from the very cracks of reality itself, the citizens begin to look at their Watchman in a new light. Some see a hero. Others see a king. And Vetinari, as ever, sees the most dangerous thing of all: an honest man.

When a fellow witch is accused of a heinous crime, Rowburta Copperbottom. A witch of minimal magical ability but a thirst for knowledge, must investigate the allegations and then prove at a trial the innocence of her colleague. But, with mysterious enemies trying to thwart her at every turn, Rowburta must rely on far more than her witchly magics to aid her in a race against time to prove that justice isn't just blind, but not averse to a little monetary tipping of the scales, either. Rowburta has more than magic to help, she has the lore. A tale in the Terry Pratchett inspired Godworld, where people are about to meet the world's first Witch Loreyer. An ONC novella, based on Prompt 14: "Not everyone in your coven becomes a witch doctor. But you? You are the witch lawyer and take care of the mystical laws of the magical world."