Willie And Frank

Willie & Frank--
Shakespeare? In Nano-Time

Author's Note:

I got this story, over a great pizza and a couple of pitchers, from a friend named Jake Elder over at Washington University, in Missouri.

Ever hear that idea about how a million monkeys, with a million typewriters and enough time, could reproduce the works of William Shakespeare?

Well, according to Jake, they didn't have much time, just a semester; a short group of measly weeks, as he put it. And, they didn't have a barrel full of monkeys, let alone a million of them.

But, they did have a couple of pretty sharp white mice. Oh, and a series of funky colored concoctions from a group of researchers in the genetics and chemistry departments at Washington University. Turns out? That was more than enough.

But wait, this is Jake's story. I'll let him tell it....

Chapter 1 -- Jake's Story