Death and What Comes Next

"Death and What Comes Next" is a fantasy short story by British writer Terry Pratchett, part of his Discworld series. It tells the story of a discussion between Death and a philosopher, in which the philosopher attempts to use the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics to argue that death is not a certainty.

"Death and What Comes Next"
Short story by Terry Pratchett
Language	English
Genre(s)	Fantasy Characters Death
Publication
Series	Discworld 4th short story

The story was written in 2002 for the now-defunct online puzzle game TimeHunt and the text contains a hidden word puzzle, also devised by Pratchett, which provided a codeword for the game.

Like "Theatre of Cruelty", another of his short stories, Pratchett allowed it to be put on the L-Space Web.

See also

• Parallel universe (fiction)

External links

• Death and What Comes Next title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• The "Death and What Comes Next" L-Space page including various translations

Reading order guide
Preceded by Thief of Time	6th Death Story Published in 2001	Succeeded by None