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Podcast: Pratchat - a Terry Pratchett and Discworld book club
Episode: Hogswatch in Grune ("Twenty Pence, with Envelope and Seasonal Greeting")
Description: Surprise! In the great Australian tradition of Christmas in July, Liz and Ben are joined by writer and literary horror fan Penelope Love to discuss Terry Pratchettâs short story âTwenty Pence, With Envelope and Seasonal Greetingâ, first published on the 16th of December, 1987.
Itâs Christmas Eve, 1843, and the driver of a missing Mail Coach is discovered lying in the snow in Wiltshire. A local doctor determines he is scared out of his wits, but nonetheless records the coachmanâs horrifying tale of passing through a weird rectangular portal. He and his passengers strayed from the world we k...