in monoslideshow.xml you've set the imagePath to "images", but when I test this: http://joshhawkins.com/monotest/images/001.jpg I don't see any images in that location.
Thanks for pointing that out, it was the first step in sorting out the problem. Just as an FYI, the images were in that location, but not showing. After much fiddling, I used save for web out of photoshop (I hadn't before because I was just testing so it didn't seem worth the effort) and the problem went away. Same file name, same approximate size, just saved using a different tool. I don't understand why that would be an issue, but it solved the problem. Thanks for your help.