"Evil Robot Monkey" is a science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 short story

Short story

A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...

 published in 2008 by Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal is an American author and puppeteer. She also served as art director for Shimmer Magazine and in 2010 was named art director for Weird Tales...

. It was nominated for the 2009 Hugo Award for Best Short Story

Hugo Award for Best Short Story

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Plot summary

The story is about Sly, a chimp who loves to mold clay and has an implant which makes him smarter than other chimps. When a group of school kids make Sly angry he is chastised by his trainer.

The original title was "Hairy Potter and the Evil Robot Monkey", which she was requested to change by the editor, as the idea was to create a real story for the joke title.

External links

• Evil Robot Monkey by Mary Robinette Kowal at BestScienceFictionStories.com - A review of the story with resources for finding it.