Picador Shots 'The Then Wives' Author:Sylvia Brownrigg In June, 2006, Picador launched "Picador Shots", a new series of pocket-sized books and now, two years later, due to popular demand, we will publish another batch. This time, though, several of them will be specially commissioned stories from some of our most celebrated writers. "The Shots" aim to promote the short story as well as the work of s... more »ome Picador's greatest authors. They will again be beautifully packaged but ultimately disposable books that are the ideal literary alternative to a magazine.« less