Troll Bridge

"Troll Bridge" is a Discworld short story, written by Terry Pratchett in 1991 for a collection entitled After The King: Stories in Honour of J.R.R. Tolkien.

"Troll Bridge"
AuthorTerry Pratchett
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesDiscworld
1st short story – 3rd Individual story
Genre(s)Fantasy clichés, Short story
Characters
Cohen the Barbarian
Locations
Death Bridge, Blade Mountains
Published inISBN 0-330-32027-0
Publication typeCompilation
PublisherPan Books
Media typePrint
Publication date10/01/1992

Set following the events of The Light Fantastic,[1] the story stars Cohen the Barbarian, who plans to prove himself by killing a troll in single combat. Instead, he and the troll find themselves reminiscing about how the Discworld used to be, when trolls all hid under bridges to be killed by heroes, and the land was not yet settled.

While interested in making a short film of Troll Bridge as early as 2004,[2] Snowgum Films slated it for release in 2015,[3] starring Don Bridges as Cohen. Fundraising included a Kickstarter campaign in 2011.[4]

The film premiered at Flickerfest in Sydney in January 2019,[5] and is playing at film festivals and fan conventions around the world ahead of its release to crowdfunding supporters in November 2019.

Characters

Cohen is the only recurring character from other Discworld novels. The Ankh-Morpork City Watch also has a troll constable by the name of Detritus,[6] and a troll called Chert (Mica's brother-in-law), who owns a sawmill, is mentioned in Witches Abroad.

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References
  1. A Discworld Chronology
  2. "Making myths - and millions". Sydney Morning Herald. November 8, 2004. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  3. Homepage: "Snowgum Films". Archived from the original on 2015-12-29.
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20130928075751/http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/snowgumfilms/terry-pratchetts-troll-bridge/posts
  5. https://www.trollbridge.film/screenings
  6. Thud!. Doubleday. 2005. ISBN 0-385-60867-5.
Reading order guide
Preceded by
Moving Pictures (novel)		 3rd Individual Story
Published in 1992		 Succeeded by
Small Gods


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