Eight more pocket-sized Picador Shots are now available for your delight.

Picador's lovely little books cost a mere £1.99 each, and contain one, if not two, short stories for you to pack in your bag or suitcase, pop in your pocket or add to your picnic basket.

The eight titles and authors are:

The Then Wives by Sylvia Brownrigg (pictured)
On Heat by Jim Crace
A Good Man by Edward Docx
Some Other, Better Otto by Deborah Eisenberg
Even the Crows Say Krakow by James Hopkin
The Voice by Nell Leyshon
Death of the Pugilist by Daniel Mason
Chemistry by Graham Swift

These books are a great idea, especially for anyone not yet converted to the idea that short stories make wonderful reading. And for those of you who need no persuading, here are some of the finest writers from the Picador list.

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