New Year Short Stories

So I've mulled this one over for a few months now.

As some folk may be aware, over on the podcast of Filthy Henry we would regularly put up short stories, or what we called 'Case Files', in between the seasons. This was so that we could keep putting out a little content here and there and also allowed me to write stories that would never make a full novel but worked nicely in a shorter format.

Plus we always have to get out a Christmas Case File - it is basically tradition now.

But these stories were ones that had never before seen the light of day. The only way a person would even know about them is if they listened to the podcast.

Something of a choice by design, but one I was always thinking about revisiting.

After a few years of short stories I've now gotten to the point that I could easily put out a book called 'Filthy Henry: The Case Files' - but why do that? Sure it might bring in a few sales, but I was thinking of a slightly different approach over this Christmas break.

What if I put the stories up here for folks to read - but with a little backstory added into them as well.

The plan, at least what I have in my head, is I will publish the stories here in a new little 'short story' section, along with a note on the backstory of the story. Why it was written?Was it one that Niall (the voice of the podcast - along with composer of it) as a fun little excercise? Did I take an idea Niall had and just ran with it?

If nothing else it might give people a piece of enjoyment as they see behind the veil of the writing process. How do things go from being an idea in the mad mind of mine to a fully fledged story?

It also harkens back to a comment made to me when I was in the middle of editing 'The Impossible Victim' all those years ago. How through the editing process, the plot changes and additions, there are versions of the book that exist in a sort of 'multiverse' - but only I will ever really see them. This has been an interesting thought, so while I am not going to show the multiple drafts of the stories I feel the origins of them might be interesting.

Let's see how we go.

First one coming next week...stay tuned.