🎧 Sidleways – Episode 2: The Mended Drum, My Local Boozer

So. The bookshop moved again. It does that.

And now we’ve landed somewhere louder, smellier, and — somehow — drunker. Welcome to Ankh-Morpork.

In this episode, I follow the trail of magical breadcrumbs to a tavern that may or may not serve fermented reality, where the Librarian might be drinking off an interdimensional headache. Along the way, we encounter enchanted furniture, disappointed patrons, and the subtle horror of ordering a beer in a place where you should’ve probably ordered a sword.

There’s also a journal, a trunk with an attitude, and a minor physics violation involving books that close themselves.

📚 About the Show
Sidleways is a narrative fiction podcast inspired by the worlds of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld. It’s part fan fiction, part magical realism, and entirely a love letter to books that bend time, space, and occasionally the laws of health and safety.

🧭 Start from Episode 1
🎧 Episode 1: Who Has Two Thumbs, a Bookshop, and a Huge Headache

✨ More Discworld Lore
Read more about the real L-Space here: https://discworld.com/books/

📝 Disclaimer
This podcast is a transformative fan work created in deep admiration of the Discworld series and the late Sir Terry Pratchett. All rights to Discworld and its characters belong to the Pratchett estate. This project is not affiliated with or endorsed by the estate or any official Discworld properties.

Sidleways is a fan-made audio adventure inspired by the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett.

When a bookshop inherited from a mysterious uncle turns out to be tied to the multidimensional chaos of L-Space, our narrator is pulled into a strange, sideways version of Ankh-Morpork — where magic, bureaucracy, and talking dogs are just the start of the weirdness.

Episodes blend original storytelling with references to the Discworld universe, exploring a familiar-yet-offbeat world full of sapient pearwood, guild politics, and suspiciously sentient rodents.

🟢 New episodes dropping regularly.

🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple, Google, YouTube, and wherever books rearrange themselves.

Disclaimer / Fair Use Notice

This is a transformative fan project made with deep affection for Terry Pratchett’s work.

Sidleways is not affiliated with, licensed by, or endorsed by the Pratchett Estate, Transworld Publishers, or any official Discworld rights holders.

All Discworld references are used under a good faith interpretation of fair use — for the purposes of parody, commentary, tribute, and artistic transformation.

No commercial use is intended. If you represent the Pratchett Estate and would like to discuss the project, please contact me directly.

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If you enjoy Sidleways and want to help keep the bookshop traveling (and keep the coffee flowing), you can support the show here:

☕ Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/sidleways

🎭 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Sidleways

Even a small tip helps with hosting costs, sound gear, and feeding the sapient trunk. Thanks!