Guest blog on the concept behind "The Chemist," a short story by Chris Blewitt
The Chemist is based on a true story from the 1920's Prohibition era. About a year or so ago, I came across an article about something that happened in 1926. It was a story of corruption that was shocking to me. I thought to myself that this would be a great movie. In fact, I was surprised that it wasn't a movie already! I found myself obsessed over this story and scanned the Internet to find more information. My mind wandered and pretty soon I had the concept for The Chemist. I had already written a novel, Deep Rough, and was working on my second one, but I could not wait to tell this story. So I thought, how about a short story. I probably could have made this into a full-length novel, but I felt that the short story portrayed the event so much better. It's filled with action from beginning to end. My beta-readers loved the story and were disappointed it was so short! I'm extremely happy how The Chemist turns out....