This book collects a batch of Pratchett's early short stories, some written when he was in his late teens, which were serialized in a local newspaper. It's fun to see the beginnings of themes that he would play around with in later Discworld books. There are three stories about very tiny protagonists (an ant, a fairy, and a gnome) which made me think of the Wee Free Men of the Tiffany Aching books. There were several stories all set in a fictional Welsh town with an intentionally unspellable name, parodies of wild west stories about "The Coal Rush", sheepboys, and clashes between the bicycle-riding town constable and local rascals. Another set of stories take place in the town of Blackberry, which was prone unusual events such as outbreaks of time travel. None of these pieces is very long, but they showcase Sir Terry's growing strength at mixing the magical and the mundane.