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This article is about the short story by Terry Pratchett. For the art installation near Portland, Oregon, see Troll Bridge (Portland, Oregon).

"Troll Bridge"
Short story by Terry Pratchett
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genres	Fantasy clichés, Short story Characters Cohen the Barbarian Locations Death Bridge, Blade Mountains
Publication
Published in	ISBN 0-330-32027-0
Publication type	Compilation
Publisher	Pan Books
Media type	Print
Publication date	10/01/1992
Series	Discworld 1st short story – 3rd Individual story

"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.

Set following the events of The Light Fantastic, 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.

Film

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

The film premiered at Flickerfest in Sydney in January 2019, and played at film festivals and fan conventions around the world ahead of its release to crowdfunding supporters in November 2019. It is now freely available on YouTube.

External links

• Troll Bridge title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Troll Bridge at IMDb
• Colin Smythe