My One-Act Play “The Professional Corpse” Has Been Published!

My One-Act Play “The Professional Corpse” Has Been Published!

 

Belanger Books has just released my first professionally published play: a one-act titled “The Professional Corpse!”  It appears in Volume One of the Belanger Books anthology Sherlock Holmes Takes the Stage.  It’s Canonically stated that Holmes received training in the dramatic arts before he became a consulting detective, and this two-part anthology contains short stories (and one play: mine!) about this subject.

 

Here’s the book’s description:

 

One has to wonder –– is Sherlock Holmes a detective who plays at being an actor, or an actor who plays at being a detective?

Whatever the case, it is clear that he has an affinity for acting, and the theatre. And so, we have Sherlock Holmes Takes the Stage, a collection of stories that showcases Holmes’s acting skills and the world of Victorian theatre. It seems only natural; after all, it’s generally assumed that Holmes had a brief acting career before he decided to focus on his investigative skills, and the majority of stories within these volumes take place during those early, formative years. These exciting adventures are presented in chronological order, so while at first it might seem strange to read about Holmes’s exploits in a time before Dr. Watson, or Mrs. Hudson, or his cozy rooms at 221b Baker Street, rest assured that these familiar elements do make their appearance before the intermission. 

And it features a forward by Jeffrey Hatcher, the author of multiple Holmes-related works, lika the screenplay to Mr. Holmes and stage plays!

My story asks what happens when Holmes attends a class on how to play a corpse onstage... and the results are deadly.

Please check out the book!

 

 

–Chris Chan

 

Chris Chan’s book The Autistic Sleuth, written with the professional guidance of his mother Dr. Patricia Meyer Chan, was released on September 19^th!  He book on the Columbo killers, Some of My Best Friends Are Murderers, was released on September 24^th! He is the author of the Funderburke and Kaiming novels Ghosting My Friend and She Ruined Our Lives, released by Level Best Books.  He is also the author of the comedic novels Sherlock’s Secretary and Nessie’s Nemesis, published by MX Publishing, as was his anthology Of Course He Pushed Him and Other Sherlock Holmes Stories Volumes 1 & 2.  His Agatha-nominated book Murder Most Grotesque: The Comedic Crime Fiction of Joyce Porter was published by Level Best Books.  His first non-fiction book, Sherlock & Irene: The Secret Truth Behind “A Scandal in Bohemia” is available for sale at Amazon.com and the MX Publishing website, as well as at Book Depository (with free worldwide shipping there).  It is also available in a Kindle edition.