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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. 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.
Contents
- About the series
- Tales of the Shadowmen Volume 1 The Modern Babylon
- Tales of the Shadowmen Volume 2 Gentlemen of the Night
- Tales of the Shadowmen Volume 3 Danse Macabre
- Tales of the Shadowmen Volume 4 Lords of Terror
- Tales of the Shadowmen Volume 5 The Vampires of Paris
- Tales of the Shadowmen Volume 6 Grand Guignol
- Tales of the Shadowmen Volume 7 Femmes Fatales
- Tales of the Shadowmen Volume 8 Agents Provocateurs
- Tales of the Shadowmen Volume 9 La Vie en Noir
- Tales of the Shadowmen Volume 10 Esprit de Corps
- Tales of the Shadowmen Volume 11 Force Majeure
- Translations
- Similar pastiches
- References
About the series
The title and concept of Tales of the Shadowmen were inspired by science fiction writer Philip José Farmer's works centering on 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.
Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 1: The Modern Babylon
Cover by Mike Manley ISBN 1-932983-36-8 (2005)
Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 2: Gentlemen of the Night
Cover & illustrations by Fernando Calvi ISBN 1-932983-60-0 (2006)
Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 3: Danse Macabre
Cover & illustrations by Daylon ISBN 1-932983-77-5 (2007)
Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 4: Lords of Terror
Cover by José Ladrönn ISBN 978-1-934543-02-3 (2008)
Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 5: The Vampires of Paris
Cover by Alan Weiss and Lovern Kindzierski ISBN 978-1-934543-50-4 (2009)
Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 6: Grand Guignol
Cover by Christine Clavel ISBN 978-1-935558-00-2 (2009)
Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 7: Femmes Fatales
Cover by Phil Cohen ISBN 978-1-935558-44-6 (2010)
Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 8: Agents Provocateurs
Cover by Jean-Claude Claeys. ISBN 978-1-61227-050-0 (2011)
Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 9: La Vie en Noir
Cover by Nathalie Lial. ISBN 978-1-61227-145-3 (2012)
Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 10: Esprit de Corps
Cover by Jean-Michel Nicollet. ISBN 978-1-61227-237-5 (2013)
Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 11: Force Majeure
Cover by Mariusz Gandzel. ISBN 978-1-61227-344-0 (2014)
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.