Product Description

The debut short story collection from Joshua Chaplinsky, author of Kanye West—Reanimator. Thirteen weird pieces of literary genre fiction. Singularities, ciphers, and reappearing limbs. Alien messiahs and murderous medieval hydrocephalics. A dark collection that twists dreams into nightmares in an attempt to find a whisper of truth.”This is dark stuff, but fun, without any hipster wink of irony or cynicism. Writing stories that are simultaneously grim and good-hearted is a fucking tough line to straddle, and writing them well… let's just say I don't see that often. Chaplinsky walks a barbed-wire tightrope here. In short, good shit.”Craig Clevenger, Author of The Contortionist's Handbook“If you're sick of tepid short stories that taste like watered-down milk, “Whispers in the Ear of a Dreaming Ape,” is the collection of multi-colored, bite-sized brain pan bullets that might just be the cure. Joshua Chaplinsky has an imagination both of depth and breadth, and no two stories are alike. You can practically hear the lively, fascinating, hallucinatory click of his brain throughout the book. An enjoyable read for all of us dreaming apes.”Autumn Christian, Author of Girl Like a Bomb

Review

“The tremendous talent of a storyteller unafraid to challenge himself through alternative narrative structure, or point of view, or subject matter. No matter the challenge, Chaplinsky knocked it out of the park.”

–Thomas Joyce, This Is Horror

”
Whispers in the Ear of a Dreaming Ape is an extremely cinematic book. The way Joshua Chaplinsky writes is the same kind of storytelling that made me fall in love with this stuff.”

–Joseph Edwin Haeger, The Big Smoke

“Some of the best and most original short stories I've read all year.”

–Benoit Lelievre, Dead End Follies

“People are going to be angry. This book will not sit well with them. Are you intrigued? Of course, you are!”

–Michelle Enelen, Kendall Reviews

From the Inside Flap

“This is dark stuff, but fun, without any hipster wink of irony or cynicism. Writing stories that are simultaneously grim and good-hearted is a f**king tough line to straddle, and writing them well… let's just say I don't see that often. Chaplinsky walks a barbed-wire tightrope here. In short, good sh*t.”

–Craig Clevenger, Author of The Contortionist's Handbook

“If you're sick of tepid short stories that taste like watered-down milk,
Whispers in the Ear of a Dreaming Ape is the collection of multi-colored, bite-sized brain pan bullets that might just be the cure. Joshua Chaplinsky has an imagination both of depth and breadth, and no two stories are alike. You can practically hear the lively, fascinating, hallucinatory click of his brain throughout the book. An enjoyable read for all of us dreaming apes.”

–Autumn Christian, Author of Girl Like a Bomb

“The weird tales of Joshua Chaplinsky are full of magic and surprises.
Whispers In the Ear of a Dreaming Ape is one of the most original short story collections of the year. A must-read if you like your fiction smart and strange.”

–Cameron Pierce, author of Ass Goblins of Auschwitz, Our Love Will Go the Way of the Salmon

“In
Whispers in the Ear of A Dreaming Ape, Joshua Chaplinsky takes readers on a wild ride through a landscape of darkness and absurdity. You may think yourself safe, but you'll learn soon enough–no one rides for free.”

–Kevin Kolsch, writer/director of Starry Eyes, Pet Sematary

“Spend some time in Chaplinsky's weird and wild stories and you may want to bathe afterward, but you will have been relentlessly entertained.”

–Kelly Thompson, Eisner nominated comics writer – Deadpool, Captain Marvel, X-men

“Ceaselessly inventive, Chaplinsky doesn't so much work within various genres as he does pull them apart like taffy, crafting something new and previously unseen.”

–Keith Rosson, author of Smoke City, The Mercy of the Tide