Turntables of the Night

"Turntables of the Night" is a short story by Terry Pratchett .

It was written for Hidden Turnings , a 1989 anthology of short stories edited by Diana Wynne Jones . It was later republished in The Flying Sorcerers , an anthology of humorous short stories edited by Peter Haining , which used a Josh Kirby illustration for "Turntables of the Night" story as cover art. It can also be found in the later Pratchett collections Once More* with Footnotes and A Blink of the Screen .

The story is narrated by John, the friend of an avid record collector named Wayne, as he is being interviewed by police following an accident at a Halloween party in a church hall. Wayne and John ran an unsuccessful mobile disc jockey business, and were working at the party when they encountered Death , who needs someone with Wayne’s passion to look after his own collection.

External links [ edit ]

Turntables of the Night title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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