Picador Shots

8 new intoxicating short stories from Picador's most exciting writers
Death of the Pugilist, or The Famous Battle of Jacob Burke & Blindman McGraw
Rising from a childhood of rough dockside brawls, a young bare-knuckle fighter faces off against a legendary behemoth.
The Ecstasy of Alfred Russel Wallace
In the jungles of the Malay Archipelago, a botanist is struck by an epiphany that will change not only his own life, but the course of science.