Monkey Business
(2025)(A book in the Light Fantastic 2: Amazing Pets series)
A Story by Parker Francis
Hollywood animal trainer Marty Jensen has a problem. Where can he find a chimpanzee on short notice? After rescuing a chimp from a government testing lab, he’s shocked to learn this monkey can talk, but language is just the start of the hijinks that follow when the primate meets W. C. Fields, the Marx Brothers, and Tarzan the Ape Man.
A short humor story in The Light Fantastic 2
INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR
Q - What is The Light Fantastic 2?
A - In The Light Fantastic 2: Amazing Pets, ten authors unite to bring laughter, chuckles, giggles, guffaws, and amusement to the masses amidst speculative twists and turns. Literary comedic geniuses like Kurt Vonnegut, Jonathan Swift, Helen Fielding, Terry Pratchett, Gail Carriger, Mark Twain, and Oscar Wilde inspired the authors of the AlvariumExperiment in their quest for gold, exploring every facet from dark humor to slapstick, deadpan to satire, dry humor to parody, and anything else we might consider a tickler of funny bones. The stories fall into fantasy, science fiction, and horror genres, but they do get up again and brush themselves off. This is the seventh project by the AlvariumExperiment, a consortium of accomplished and award-winning authors.
Q - Where should a reader start when selecting a short story to read in The Light Fantastic 2?
A - Each story is self-contained and can be read in any order. The reader can select any of the stories at random to begin their experience. The book description will explain the premise for each particular story.
About the Author
PARKER FRANCIS aka Victor DiGenti, writes in multiple genres, including mystery, thriller, and speculative fiction. Together, the cloned pair has written six novels, a collection of short stories, and 12 works of nonfiction. His novels include the Windrushertrilogy of adventure fantasies featuring a four-legged feline protagonist and the Quint Mitchell Mystery series. Victor DiGenti (the name you’ll find on his passport) works as a ghostwriter and biographer. He’s penned biographies and family histories for many clients, including WWII veterans, jazz musicians, entrepreneurs, and retired corporate executives. Vic has also edited and published books for other individuals through his imprint Windrusher Hall Press.
As a working author and publisher, Vic hastaught writing classes at the University of North Florida and workshops at writers’ groups and conferences throughout Florida. He’s a longtime member and former Executive Vice President of the Florida Writers Association, a member of the Association of Ghostwriters, International Thriller Writers, and serves on the Board of the Beaches Museum based in Jacksonville Beach. Vic lives and works in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, with his wife and four frisky cats. Visit him at www.windrusherhallpress.com.
Genre: Fantasy
A short humor story in The Light Fantastic 2
INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR
Q - What is The Light Fantastic 2?
A - In The Light Fantastic 2: Amazing Pets, ten authors unite to bring laughter, chuckles, giggles, guffaws, and amusement to the masses amidst speculative twists and turns. Literary comedic geniuses like Kurt Vonnegut, Jonathan Swift, Helen Fielding, Terry Pratchett, Gail Carriger, Mark Twain, and Oscar Wilde inspired the authors of the AlvariumExperiment in their quest for gold, exploring every facet from dark humor to slapstick, deadpan to satire, dry humor to parody, and anything else we might consider a tickler of funny bones. The stories fall into fantasy, science fiction, and horror genres, but they do get up again and brush themselves off. This is the seventh project by the AlvariumExperiment, a consortium of accomplished and award-winning authors.
Q - Where should a reader start when selecting a short story to read in The Light Fantastic 2?
A - Each story is self-contained and can be read in any order. The reader can select any of the stories at random to begin their experience. The book description will explain the premise for each particular story.
About the Author
PARKER FRANCIS aka Victor DiGenti, writes in multiple genres, including mystery, thriller, and speculative fiction. Together, the cloned pair has written six novels, a collection of short stories, and 12 works of nonfiction. His novels include the Windrushertrilogy of adventure fantasies featuring a four-legged feline protagonist and the Quint Mitchell Mystery series. Victor DiGenti (the name you’ll find on his passport) works as a ghostwriter and biographer. He’s penned biographies and family histories for many clients, including WWII veterans, jazz musicians, entrepreneurs, and retired corporate executives. Vic has also edited and published books for other individuals through his imprint Windrusher Hall Press.
As a working author and publisher, Vic hastaught writing classes at the University of North Florida and workshops at writers’ groups and conferences throughout Florida. He’s a longtime member and former Executive Vice President of the Florida Writers Association, a member of the Association of Ghostwriters, International Thriller Writers, and serves on the Board of the Beaches Museum based in Jacksonville Beach. Vic lives and works in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, with his wife and four frisky cats. Visit him at www.windrusherhallpress.com.
Genre: Fantasy
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