Tales of the Shadowmen

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Tales of the Shadowmen is an annual anthology of short stories edited by Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier, published by Black Coat Press. As of 2008, four volumes have been released, with a fifth one slated for 2009. The stories take place in a fictional world where all of the characters and events from adventure literature, and in particular French adventure literature, actually exist in the same universe.

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[edit] About the series

The title and concept of Tales of the Shadowmen were inspired by science fiction writer Philip José Farmer's works centering around the Wold Newton family. The concept first emerged in Jean-Marc Lofficier's non-fiction works, French Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror & Pulp Fiction: A Guide To Cinema, Television, Radio, Animation, Comic Books And Literature From The Middle Ages To The Present (2000) and Shadowmen: Heroes And Villains Of French Pulp Fiction (2003), which reviewed characters from French popular literature, the latter blending bibliographical information and speculative fiction.

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[edit] Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 1: The Modern Babylon

Cover by Mike Manley ISBN 1-932983-36-8 (2005)

  • Matthew Baugh: Mask of the Monster

principal characters: Frankenstein's Monster, Judex, Maigret

  • Bill Cunningham: Cadavres Exquis

principal character: Fascinax

principal characters: Lemmy Caution, Maigret

principal characters: Doc Ardan (ie Doc Savage), Doctor Natas (ie Fu Manchu)

  • Viviane Etrivert: The Three Jewish Horsemen

principal characters: Arsène Lupin, The Phantom of the Opera

  • G.L. Gick: The Werewolf of Rutherford Grange (part 1)

principal characters: Harry Dickson, Sâr Dubnotal

  • Rick Lai: The Last Vendetta

principal characters: Arthur Gordon of Texas, Josephine Balsamo

principal character: Arsène Lupin

principal characters: JimGrim, Robur, Sâr Dubnotal

  • Samuel T. Payne: Lacunal Visions

principal characters: Auguste Dupin, Doctor Omega

principal characters: Auguste Dupin, The Count of Monte-Cristo

principal characters: Judex, The Shadow

principal character: Fantômas

principal characters: Allan Quatermain, Dracula, She

[edit] Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 2: Gentlemen of the Night

Cover & illustrations by Fernando Calvi ISBN 1-932983-60-0 (2006)

  • Matthew Baugh: Ex Calce Liberatus

principal characters: Arsène Lupin, Kogoro Akechi

  • Bill Cunningham: Trauma

principal characters: The Green Hornet, Maigret

principal character: Doctor Natas (ie Fu Manchu)

  • G.L. Gick: The Werewolf of Rutherford Grange (part 2)

principal characters: Harry Dickson, Sâr Dubnotal

  • Rick Lai: Dr. Cerral's Patient

principal character: Victor Chupin

principal character: Rouletabille

principal character: Doctor Omega

principal character: Arsène Lupin

principal character: The Phantom of the Opera

principal character: Fantômas

principal characters: Doc Ardan (ie Doc Savage), The Little Prince

principal character: Nyctalope

principal character: Judex

principal characters: Arsène Lupin, The Prisoner, Sherlock Holmes

  • Sylvie Miller & Philippe Ward: The Vanishing Diamonds

principal characters: The Invisible Man, The Time Machine, The Three Musketeers

principal character: Arsène Lupin

principal character: The Phantom of the Opera, Josephine Balsamo

principal characters: Michel Strogoff, Joseph Rouletabille

principal characters: Albert Einstein, Doctor Omega

  • Jean-Louis Trudel: Legacies

principal characters: Arsène Lupin, Diana Wyndham

principal character: Gregory Temple

[edit] Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 3: Danse Macabre

Cover & illustrations by Daylon ISBN 1-932983-77-5 (2007)

  • Matthew Baugh: The Heart of the Moon

principal characters: Telzey Amberdon, Captain Kronos, Solomon Kane, Maciste, Doctor Omega, the Vampire City

principal characters: Fantômas, The Black Coats

  • Bill Cunningham: Next!

principal characters: Barbarella, James T. Kirk

  • François Darnaudet: Au Vent Mauvais...

principal character: Madame Atomos

principal characters: The 20th Century, Cat-Women of the Moon

principal characters: Doc Ardan (ie Doc Savage), Elizabeth Bathory, Nestor Burma, Jens Rolf

  • G.L. Gick: Beware the Beasts

principal characters: Doctor Omega, Planet of the Apes

  • Micah Harris: The Ape Gigans

principal characters: Becky Sharp, Professor Lindenbrock, King Kong and the Mahars of Pellucidar

  • Travis Hiltz: A Dance of Night and Death

principal characters: Fantômas, Les Vampires

  • Rick Lai: The Lady in the Black Gloves

principal characters: Josephine Balsamo, The Black Coats, Doctor Mabuse

principal characters: Hercule Poirot, Charles Dexter Ward, Jean Ray

principal characters: Madame Atomos, Sumuru, Madame Hydra, Modesty Blaise

principal character: Docteur Mystère

  • Brad Mengel: All's Fair...

principal characters: James Bond, OSS 117, L'Ombre

principal characters: Lapointe, Zenith the Albino, Les Vampires, Vautrin

principal characters: Isidore Beautrelet, Biggles

principal characters: Zephir, Curious George

  • Robert L. Robinson, Jr.: Two Hunters

principal characters: Tarzan, Judex

principal character: John Devil, Cagliostro

[edit] Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 4: Lords of Terror

Cover by José Ladrönn ISBN 978-1-934543-02-3 (2008)

  • Matthew Baugh: Captain Future and the Lunar Peril

principal characters: Captain Future, Eric John Stark, Northwest Smith, Saint-Ménoux

  • Bill Cunningham: Fool Me Once...

principal characters: Harry Dickson, Fascinax

principal characters: Madame Atomos, U.N.C.L.E.

principal characters: Solomon Kane, Fausta

  • Travis Hiltz: Three Men, A Martian and A Baby

principal character: Doctor Omega

  • Rick Lai: Corridors of Deceit

principal characters: Josephine Balsamo, The Black Coats, Fantômas

  • Roman Leary: The Evils Against Which We Strive

principal characters: Sâr Dubnotal, The Shadow

principal character: Madame Atomos

principal character: Doc Ardan (ie Doc Savage)

principal characters: Hercule Poirot, Bertie Wooster

principal character: Rocambole

principal characters: The Phantom of the Opera, Gigi, Eliza Doolittle, Rima, Charles Foster Kane

  • John Peel: Twenty Thousand Years Under the Sea

principal characters: Captain Nemo, Chthulhu

principal characters: Cyrano de Bergerac, D'Artagnan

  • Steven A. Roman: Night's Children

principal characters: Irma Vep, Count Orlock

principal characters: Gregory Temple, Frankenstein

[edit] Translations

French translations of Tales of the Shadowmen entitled Les Compagnons de l'Ombre are being published in France by publisher Riviere Blanche starting in November 2007.

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