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There is a theory that says if you give typewriters to one hundred monkeys, and let them type for one hundred years, they will eventually reproduce the works of Shakespeare. We decided to put that theory to the test – with a few minor modifications.
We didn’t have one hundred monkeys – but we did have the membership of a League of Utah Writers chapter that calls itself “The Infinite Monkeys.” Most of them didn’t have typewriters, but worked on laptop or desktop computers, smartphones, and tablets. And instead of one hundred years to perfect their prose, we gave them one year to get from blank page to published anthology. So while you won’t find any reproductions of Shakespeare in A Year of the Monkeys, what you will find are thirty-five short stories that will make you laugh, make you cry, make you think, and sometimes make you glad you don’t live in the unsettling worlds of the imagination.
A Year of the Monkeys features #1 Amazon bestselling author Michael Darling’s “Sailing on the Sands of Burning Tides,” the award-winning stories, “What We Leave Behind” from Masha Shukovich, and “Stone Soup” from Leigh Saunders, together with a brand new story, “A Friend in Need,” from the award-winning Caryn Larrinaga.
Includes stories by: Jenn Adams, Jenna Bowman, Scott Bryan, Michael Darling, Julie Frost, Effie Graves, Joni B. Haws, Laurie Heath, Sariah Horowitz, Jonathan Humphries, Norm Jenson, Craig Kingsman, Caryn Larrinaga, Gregory Lemon, C.H. Lindsay, Victoria Lisowski, Terra Luft, Anna Marasco, Justin C. Matthews, J.T. Moore, Jared Quan, Talysa Sainz, Leigh Saunders, Masha Shukovich, Rachael J. Sparks, P.A. Sterling, Jennie Stevens, Scott E. Tarbet, L.D.B. Taylor, Richard Timothy, Patrick M. Tracy, Heidi Voss, Johnny Worthen, Rashelle Yeates, and Daniel Yocom.
— Lyn Worthen
Sandy, Utah
August 7, 2018
