This is the first draft I wrote for Echoes From the Beyond. This is what chapter 1 used to look like. Back then, a lot was different about this story. The Kimatu weren't wiped out. The Kimberlys had different names. Hashim wasn't a character, so Homo sapiens were the enemy in this original version. The Kimatu were also European-ish, not African. The placeholder name was Neanderthal Religion Story . This is because this entire story was based off of a book about pre-history. I

I think it is well established at this point that I am a sci-fi/fantasy author. I write hard-core alien sci-fi and lighter alternate reality sci-fi. This Christmas, my short story is outside that wheelhouse. Prima is a a Christmas murder mystery romantasy (romantic fantasy). This may be outside my wheelhouse for writing, but I do have some other aspects of the literary world I'm drawing from. The first full-length novella I wrote was a mystery. It was called Mystery of the Mi