Neanderthal Stories

A bizarre collection of short stories inspired by a single word (the title of each chapter). Lengths can vary and most are dark, but some are humorous with a little romance, and slice-of-life sprinkled in (genre in title).

The mission - colonize the slopes of Olympus Mons on Mars before the Pacific Alliance lands. The challenge - something isn't quite right with the site foreseen for the colony. Explorations reveal a cave where the support struts for the home dome are supposed to go. It gets worse - not only does the cave move, but it contains the impossible: a human skeleton. And there's a writing on the wall. What starts off odd, soon descends into total madness. But the next shuttle back to Earth doesn't launch until next year. ONC Prompt 59. The year is 2042. The first astronauts landed on mars. They find a cave with a single human skeleton and four words written on the wall.

A one-shot flash fiction piece, this short dives into the depths of some of the earliest-known evolutionary history of mankind, and the possibilities that come along with it. A girl explores the idea of changing history at its very roots for her own selfish desires. DISCLAIMER::: This is excluding any type of religion whatsoever. I am religious, but for the sake of the story, it was necessary to cut out religion. If you take offense to that easily, do not read this. The ideas expressed are purely for the sake of the story.

This story is open to interpretation, think of it what you will and if you don't think of it at all I don't blame you. Trolls and tigers and bears may be people or they may be trolls and tigers and bears or they may be something different entirely. You decide. You enjoy. And remember Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder.

this is the very beginning of The Silk Code, winner of the Locus Award for Best First Science Fiction Novel of 1999 ... more from The Silk Code (free) at http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2012/11/free-thursday-taste-of-silk-code.html

Two hunter-gatherers encounter a Neanderthal and a lycanthrope which brings things to a dramatic climax.

"Baby doll, don't argue with me on this. Not now. Not when you're dressed like this." He said his breath getting heavy, our foreheads touching. What was the this feeling, that is making my brain shut down. I swallowed and nodded my head then took a step back. SMACK!!! "That is for eating my skittles you mangy dog." This is my first book, I don't know where the story is going so why don't you join me so we can find out together😊😊😁😁.

Within times of desperation, everyone is mostly doing anything they can for survival. The land itself is occupied by villains as heroes must arise. All from each side, even if they don't like each other or work together directly. This must be achieved in taking back the land from this evil nation or be doomed to conquest.

Who's to say the Neanderthals died out? Who's to say they're not still here, and smarter than we ever gave them credit for?

Ms Jean M. Auel's best-selling book "The Clan of the Cave Bear" and "Earth's Children" book series is a beautiful depiction of our planet 35,000 years ago. Her six books brought me many hours of enthralled reading, at different times in my life. Written (and read) over a couple of decades, many "Earth's Children" readers have posed questions on certain sections of Ms Auel's epic. It is delightful to read different writers' fan fiction interpretations, who build on the foundational ancient world brought to life by Ms Auel. My first Earth's Children fan-fiction piece, "The Clan in the Valley", imagined Durc's life after Ayla was forced to leave Broud's clan. This second fan-fiction work gives an interpretation of a time before Ayla. In it, some characters are Ms Auel's creation and copyright, some are mine. Passages from various "Earth's Children" books are extracted as vignettes to preface my chapters. While writing, I am grateful for the cartographical resources meticulously crafted and curated by Mr Don Hitchcock in his excellent website https://donsmaps.com. Mr Hitchcock's maps helped me picture a sense of space and geography as I researched for and outlined my stories. As a father to two daughters, thanks most of all to Ms Auel, for giving us Ayla - who continues to inspire girls (and boys) even in today's vastly different world of ours. === This is a work of fiction. Unless otherwise indicated, all the names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents in this book are either the product of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

A caveman spent days hunting for his prey, he tracked it to a Dark Forest, only to see what was left of it as it was killed by an unknown and unnatural predator. The caveman now has to defend himself against this unknown supernatural adversary, will he survive? find out in this Halloween special!

There's a secret deep in our forests; a secret many have gone to great lengths to keep. Something protects them fiercely. Rarely seen, they keep a constant vigilance against the ignorance and abuse of mankind. A story told from a vastly unique point of view. A tale created from hundreds of experiences people who encountered the eye-shine and lived to tell the tale. Available on Amazonhttps://www.amazon.com/Encountering-Eyeshine-M-Kelley/dp/B0CCZXSNDC

"I am not afraid," said I. I should have been. I should have been. I should have been... This is my confession.

A Cro-Magnon caveman and a neanderthal set out on a journey while a terrorizing force follows them.

500 word story for the April 14, 2023 weekend write-in prompt *expert*

A group of Slovakian scientists travel to alternate realities from their lab in Bratislava.