Yes, I have been slacking on creating new strips for THE AUDITOR comic strip, but that’s because I have been busy pumping out a series of trashy crime horror novels. Fans probably heard that I had finished the first novel, DR. CUBA, and was busy at work on the sequel, THE THREE HEADS OF DR. CUBA. Well, I’m happy to say that I’ve finished that one now, too, and will be sending it off to the editor soon.
Yeah, I wrote two whole novels in six months. I can’t believe it either. Must be the brand of Scotch I drink.
Which means I’ve just started the third in the series, THE BLASPHEMIES OF DR. CUBA. It’s always fun to start writing those first few sentences of a new novel, and I always write something batshit crazy to challenge myself to try and come up with a way to work it into the book. (The first book opens with the villain Dr. Cuba drinking gasoline, for example.)
I’m starting to plot the fourth book under the working title, THE SCREAM OF DR. CUBA, but that title is likely to change.
I’ve also created and launched the official Dr. Cuba website at www.drcuba.world, which will feature sample chapters and links to download or buy the books. The books will be sold on Amazon in both digital and paperback formats, but I am thinking about doing a 6-month soft launch where I offer the digital versions for free in return for reviews. We will see.
The Dr. Cuba series tells of the crimes of an international criminal mastermind and the intrepid Inspector Heiner Thumann, who has to stop him. It takes place at the end of WWII, and Thumann has fled his native Germany after his wife was killed in the Holocaust. Thumann initially works for Scotland Yard and, later, the nascent Interpol, and has to confront his trauma as he probes the crimes of Dr. Cuba. But Dr. Cuba is no ordinary criminal gang leader, and may not even be human.
Fans of the silent movie serials and early films like Fantômas, Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, M, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, and Der Golem will see that the series occupies the same universe as these works. The books cross over just a bit into themes like Lovecraftian elder gods, Incan mysticism, and even Enochian chess. I mean, why not?
Christopher Paris is the founder and VP Operations of Oxebridge. He has over 30 years’ experience implementing ISO 9001 and AS9100 systems, and helps establish certification and accreditation bodies with the ISO 17000 series. He is a vocal advocate for the development and use of standards from the point of view of actual users. He is the writer and artist of THE AUDITOR comic strip, and is currently writing the DR. CUBA pulp novel series. Visit www.drcuba.world
