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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 2006, two volumes have been released, with a third one slated for 2007. 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 1 About the series 2 Table of Contents 2.1 Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 1: The Modern Babylon 2.2 Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 2: Gentlemen of the Night 2.3 Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 3: Danse Macabre 2.4 Translations 3 Similar pastiches 4 See also 5 External links

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.

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

• Terrance Dicks: When Lemmy Met Jules

principal characters: Lemmy Caution, Maigret

• Win Scott Eckert: The Vanishing Devil

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

• Alain le Bussy: The Sainte-Geneviève Caper

principal character: Arsène Lupin

• Jean-Marc Lofficier & Randy Lofficier: Journey to the Center of Chaos

principal characters: JimGrim, Robur, Sâr Dubnotal

• Samuel T. Payne: Lacunal Visions

principal characters: Auguste Dupin, Doctor Omega

• John Peel: The Kind-Hearted Torturer

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

• Chris Roberson: Penumbra

principal characters: Judex, The Shadow

• Robert Sheckley: The Paris-Ganymede Clock

principal character: Fantômas

• Brian Stableford: The Titan Unwrecked; or, Futility Revisited

principal characters: Allan Quatermain, Dracula, She

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

• Win Scott Eckert: The Eye of Oran

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

• Serge Lehman: The Mystery of the Yellow Renault

principal character: Rouletabille

• Serge Lehman: The Melons of Trafalmadore

principal character: Doctor Omega

• Jean-Marc Lofficier: Arsène Lupin's Christmas

principal character: Arsène Lupin

• Jean-Marc Lofficier: Figaro's Children

principal character: The Phantom of the Opera

• Jean-Marc Lofficier: The Tarot of Fantômas

principal character: Fantômas

• Jean-Marc Lofficier: The Star Prince

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

• Jean-Marc Lofficier: Marguerite

principal character: Nyctalope

• Jean-Marc Lofficier: Lost and Found

principal character: Judex

• Xavier Mauméjean: Be Seeing You!

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

• Jess Nevins: A Jest, To Pass The Time

principal character: Arsène Lupin

• Kim Newman: Angels of Music

principal character: The Phantom of the Opera, Josephine Balsamo

• John Peel: The Incomplete Assassin

principal characters: Michel Strogoff, Joseph Rouletabille

• Chris Roberson: Annus Mirabilis

principal characters: Albert Einstein, Doctor Omega

• Jean-Louis Trudel: Legacies

principal characters: Arsène Lupin, Diana Wyndham

• Brian Stableford: The Grey Men

principal character: Gregory Temple

Cover & illustrations by Cybele Collins 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

• Alfredo Castelli: Long Live Fantômas!

principal characters: Fantômas, The Black Coats

• Bill Cunningham: Next!

principal characters: Barbarella, James T. Kirk

• François Darnaudet: Au Vent Mauvais...

principal character: Madame Atomos

• Paul Di Filippo: Return to the 20th Century

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

• Win Scott Eckert: Les Lèvres Rouges

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

• Jean-Marc Lofficier: The Murder of Randolph Carter

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

• Xavier Mauméjean: A Day in the Life of Mrs. Atomos

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

• David A. McIntee: Bullets Over Bombay

principal character: Docteur Mystère

• Brad Mengel: All's Fair...

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

• Michael Moorcock: The Affair of the Bassin Les Hivers

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

• John Peel: The Successful Failure

principal characters: Isidore Beautrelet, Biggles

• Chris Roberson: The Famous Ape

principal characters: Zephir, Curious George

• Robert L. Robinson, Jr.: Two Hunters

principal characters: Tarzan, Judex

• Brian Stableford: The Child Stealers

principal character: John Devil, Cagliostro

A french translation of Tales of the Shadowmen entitled Les Compagnons de l'Ombre is scheduled for 2007 by publisher Riviere Blanche

• Tarzan Alive, Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life, The Other Log of Phileas Fogg, and the rest of the Wold Newton family stories by Philip José Farmer
• Anno Dracula and sequels, by Kim Newman
• The League of Heroes and sequels, by Xavier Mauméjean ISBN 1-932983-44-9
• The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill

• List of Wold Newton Universe characters

• The French Wold Newton Universe of Characters