Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman A Wilder Way by Poppy

A Wilder Way by Poppy Okotcha

WINTER: Make merry at the Chepstow wassail

As he looks into Kim’s case

Originally written for The New Yorker between 1954 and 1981 and presented here in full with a new introduction by Sinead Gleeson

Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman A Wilder Way by PoppyThe venomous lumpsucker is the most intelligent fish on the planet. Or maybe it was the most intelligent fish on the planet. Because it might have just gone extinct. Nobody knows. And nobody really cares, either. Except for two people. Mining executive Mark Halyard has a prison cell waiting for him if that fish is gone for good, and biologist Karin Resaint needs it for her own darker purposes. They don't trust each other an inch, but they're left with