 Shearman describes himself as a comedy writer, but it might be truer to call him an absurdist; most of his work, whatever the medium it is written for, is concerned with the effect on ordinary people when they're propelled into extraordinary or fantastical situations.His controversial early play, "Easy Laughter", purports to be a Christmas domestic comedy, but eventually reveals itself to be set in an alternate history where the season celebrates not only the birth of Jesus but the successful extermination of the Jewish race.His WFA nominated short story, "Damned if You Don't", is at once a story about disillusioned marriage touching upon themes of what it means to be evil, but also about a man who goes to Hell and falls in love with the talking ghost of Hitler's childhood pet dog, who he had unwillingly been made roommates with.