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The COVID CHRONICLES and More" is a collection on non-fiction articles related to the COVID pandemic, plus various short plays and other writings by Dr. David Holcombe. The COVID pandemic monopolized the nation and the world of public health for over two and a half years (from March 2020 to October 2022), resulted in over a million U.S. deaths. Following these published non-fiction articles gives a unique historical and scientific perspective ...

By the Letter, " is a collection of short plays and miscellaneous writings by Dr. David Holcombe. The author continues to distill current events into plays that challenge and occasionally entertain the reader. Subjects range from family dynamics to COVID vaccinations, with a host of topics in between. Some the plays have been produced in various local settings, including in the context of the Spectral Sisters Productions Annual Ten-Minute Play...

GUMBO LAGNIAPPE (You've Got to Be Kidding) contains original plays, many with public health themes, but others dealing with our fascinating current political and social climate. Several plays were written for this year's Spectral Sisters Productions Ten-Minute Play Festival for which the theme was "You've Got to Be Kidding, " thus the second part of the title. A collection of selected recent medical essays, some of which complement the plays, ...

Mendels Garden Revisited is a collection of medical essays spanning several years. Topics range from child abuse to prostate cancer, mosquito-borne diseases, and the tragedy of direct-to-consumer marketing. While most are straightforward descriptions of current medical conditions of interest, many explore the complex relationship of social determinants and health outcomes. Medical topics become outdated almost before they are printed. These ar...

Public Health Onstage represents an attempt to combine two visions of public health-the scientific and the artistic. Each one of the short essays deals with some aspect of public health, including human papillomavirus vaccination, medication marketing, safe sleep, malpractice, sexual assault, opioid abuse, and many more. Paired with each scientific essay are one or more original short plays that delve into the same or similar subject matter wh...

OLD SOUTH, NEW SOUTH, NO SOUTH" contains an exciting collection of short plays by the relatively unknown playwright, Dr. David Holcombe. Issues as diverse as human cloning, imperial watches, date rape and hoarding are addressed with the same magical combination of professional knowledge and artistic sensibility. This is must read for those who think they know the South and Southern writers. The diversity of length and subject matter make it a ...

Beauty and the Botox" is a collection of short plays by Dr. David J. Holcombe. Most follow a ten-minute play format, although some are considerable longer or may be played together as a one act. Issues evoked range from physician greed to issues of constitutional rights. Several deal with medical questions including end of life questions during Hurricane Katrina or the consequences of vaccination refusal. Despite the dreary sounding topics, th...

MENDEL'S GARDEN: SELECTED MEDICAL TOPICS" contains a collection of short non-fiction texts covering a wide variety of medical issues. Dr. Holcombe intends each short text for the lay audience, and there are consequently no rigorous references as would be found in scientific publications. Instead, the topics are intended to introduce the average reader to a number of current issues that affect the public, from cancer to Cyclospora and from cont...

A Chateau in Hessmer" contains a collection of short plays by Dr. David J. Holcombe. Lengths vary from ten-minute sketches, to more developed one-acts lasting an hour or so. Subject matter runs the gamut from penile implants to Christmas wreaths, with lots in-between. This collection compliments Dr. Holcombe's previous theatrical works, "Beauty and the Botox" and "Old South, New South, No South." Not for the faint of heart, the characters and ...

Cappucino at Podgorica is a second collection of short stories by Dr. David Holcombe. It moves from the sunny hills of California, to the rugged mountains of Montenegro, with many intriguing places in between. Various aspects of the human heart are explored with a curiosity and precision that delights and amuses. There is even some lagniappe (a little extra), four stories in translation for the international audience (Bulgarian, Czech, French ...