Arkhasil89
Hooded Misfit
back in the 1920s there were a lot of books where the first chapter tells a short story about a teenager who then becomes the grandparent of the person who is the principal protagonist of the rest of the book
don't know why this was a thing going on, but its interesting to see you doing this
but again, you should prolly go ahead and think of a phrase that will label these as taking place in the same universe
like how all the books staring Richard Rahl are labeled "Sword of Truth novels"
also
if you print the short stories first
then you'll need in the first novel a passage making it clear and unmistakable that the main character's father is the same person as the main character in the short stories (maybe have it towards the end of the novel, as a surprise for one of the other characters suddenly realizing that he's looking at the son of someone he'd met decades earlier)
Yeah, since I'm very much into sword and sorcery and plenty of older pulp stories from the 20s and 30s, it reflects into my style of writing too.
Thanks for the heads up about the naming and making the connections, that's something I haven't paid much attention up until now.