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26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss

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Author
  
Kij Johnson

Genre(s)
  
Fantasy short story

Publication date
  
July 2008

Language
  
English

Publication type
  
Magazine

Published in
  
Asimov's Science Fiction

"26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss" is a fantasy short story by Kij Johnson, published in 2008 on the American magazine Asimov's Science Fiction. It has been nominated for the 2009 Nebula Award for Best Short Story and the 2009 Hugo Award for Best Short Story. It won the 2009 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction and the Asimov's reader's award for best short story.

Plot summary

Aimee has bought a travelling monkey show, wherein 26 monkeys do a variety of tricks and then vanish. She tries to figure out how the vanishing happens.

References

26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss Wikipedia