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The short story, “Ape Opus,” won the 2025 Salamander Fiction Contest. Judge Helen Phillips had this to say about the story:
“Ape Opus” appears to be a story about an American tourist in Barcelona, but it morphs into something much stranger and more visceral. Its twin interrogations of transcendence and empathy—and the connection between the two—will linger with me. Plus, the narrator Allison’s companion Dawn is one of the most compelling frenemy characters I’ve encountered. This story is so vividly told, both internally and externally, that you might feel your own empathy expanding as you read. And the title—intriguing to begin with—takes on new meaning as the story progresses.
