"David C. Kopaska-Merkel is either a genius of the highest caliber in a literary sense or completely stark raving mad." - author Eric S. Brown The Simian Transcript is a collection of flash fiction pieces written by David C. Kopaska-Merkel. The stories collected in this tome are intense, often dark, and always adventurous. With titles like Night of the Wereduck, Captain Marshmallow, and Take them Bowling, you know straight off this collection isn't going to be a normal genre read.