Review: Whispers in the Ear of a Dreaming Ape

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I wasn’t too sure what to expect from Joshua Chaplinksy’s debut collection. I had been wanting to read something from the indie publisher, Clash Books for a while, and I was intrigued by the collection’s title, WHISPERS IN THE EAR OF A DREAMING APE. I was grateful that Chaplinksy could send me a copy of the book and I dove in. I was not ready.

I don’t think I have ever encountered such a broad scope and style of short stories in one collection before. Each one was a new perspective, a new...