HomiNed

By: James Lewis Huss

Narrated by: James Lewis Huss

Ned is a freshman in high school and like any normal 15-year-old, he struggles to fit in, goes to parties, drinks, gets in fights, and even experiments with drugs. Then, there’s Hay, the girl he loves. Ned has one other rather unusual challenge—he’s a chimpanzee.

Part of an experimental program, PAN—the Program of Ape iNtegration, Ned can talk, and with speech comes conscience. He is sent to assimilate with humans. He struggles with the nickname HomiNed, though he begins to accept it, he finds will never truly fit in and Hay will never reciprocate the love of a chimpanzee.

Fights, drugs, and trouble with the law set him on a stormy course. His life is caught up in a delicate balancing with an uncertain end.

©2022 James Lewis Huss (P)2022 James Lewis Huss