A team of scientists has assembled a lot of government funding and a staggering number of chimpanzees to train in communicating via keyboard. Jackie is a promising beginner, and Harold is an up-and-comer, but Billy is a failure who types nothing but gibberish. Today, Billy is being transferred to the San Diego Zoo, but before he goes, he has a few things to say.
The Bard Effect is a short-short story at a little over 1800 words. It was originally published in Amazing Stories magazine.
Bridget McKenna was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, and has lived in a fair number of places since, including southern, central, and northern California, west Texas, northern Illinois, Seattle, and London.
In addition to writing, Bridget practices hypnotherapy, reads avidly (science fiction, fantasy, mystery, classics, and many flavors of nonfiction) and is hopelessly addicted to BBC historical dramas. She lives in Seattle, and writes for the computer games industry.