Tales of the Shadowmen is an American anthology of short fiction edited by Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier and published by Black Coat Press. The stories share the conceit of taking place in a fictional world where all of the characters and events from pulp fiction, and in particular French adventure literature, actually exist in the same universe.
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.
Table of contents
VolumeAuthor Title Principal character(s) Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 1: The Modern Babylon Cover by Mike Manley (2005) Matthew Baugh Mask of the Monster Frankenstein's MonsterJudexMaigretCornelius KrammJules de Grandin Bill Cunningham Cadavres Exquis FascinaxJules de Grandin Terrance Dicks When Lemmy Met Jules Lemmy CautionMaigret Win Scott Eckert The Vanishing Devil Doc ArdanMore Doc ArdanRoger GunnMaigretDoctor Natas (i.e. Fu Manchu)Pao TcheouCaresco Viviane Etrivert The Three Jewish Horsemen Lord BaskervilleJosephine BalsamoThe Phantom of the OperaArsène Lupin G. L. Gick The Werewolf of Rutherford Grange (part 1) Harry DicksonSexton BlakeLord John RoxtonSâr Dubnotal Rick Lai The Last Vendetta Arthur Gordon of TexasIgnacz DjankoJosephine BalsamoLocoHuan Tsung ChaoOliver HaddoCount BielowskyWashburnSatanasClydeYolaf Peterson Alain le Bussy The Sainte-Geneviève Caper Arsène Lupin Jean-Marc Lofficier & Randy Lofficier Journey to the Center of Chaos JimGrimRoburSâr DubnotalYog-Sothoth Samuel T. Payne Lacunal Visions Auguste DupinSergeant PicardMaster ZachariusDoctor Omega John Peel The Kind-Hearted Torturer Auguste DupinThe Count of Monte-CristoThe Black Coats Chris Roberson Penumbra The VampiresJudexThomas Wayne, Martha WayneThe Shadow Robert Sheckley The Paris-Ganymede Clock Melville FairrFantômasRobin Muscat Brian Stableford The Titan Unwrecked; or, Futility Revisited Allan QuatermainSheDraculaJohn RowlandCaptain BlackTales of the Shadowmen, Volume 2: Gentlemen of the Night Cover & illustrations by Fernando Calvi (2006) Matthew Baugh Ex Calce Liberatus Arsène LupinKogoro AkechiThe Vampires Bill Cunningham Trauma The Green HornetMaigretFantômas Win Scott Eckert The Eye of Oran Doctor Natas (i.e. Fu Manchu)Pao TcheouFen-ChuOddjobLa PesteInspector FabreInspector FauchetDoc Ardan G. L. Gick The Werewolf of Rutherford Grange (part 2) Harry DicksonSâr DubnotalLord John Roxton Rick Lai Dr. Cerral's Patient Dr. CerralVictor ChupinArsène Lupin Serge Lehman The Mystery of the Yellow Renault Joseph RouletabilleSerge Lehman The Melons of Trafalmadore Doctor OmegaHoppy UniatzTralfamadorians Jean-Marc Lofficier Arsène Lupin's Christmas Arsène Lupin Jean-Marc Lofficier Figaro's Children The Phantom of the Opera Jean-Marc Lofficier The Tarot of Fantômas Fantômas Jean-Marc Lofficier The Star Prince Doc ArdanThe Little Prince Jean-Marc Lofficier Marguerite Nyctalope Jean-Marc Lofficier Lost and Found JudexKaspar Gutman Xavier Mauméjean Be Seeing You! Sherlock HolmesDenis Nayland SmithAzzefNed HattisonArsène LupinWinston ChurchillThe Village Sylvie Miller & Philippe Ward The Vanishing Diamonds Joseph JorkensAllan QuatermainCaptain NemoLord BaskervilleHareton IroncastleThe Invisible ManThe Time TravelerD'ArtagnanIsaac Laquedem Jess Nevins A Jest, To Pass The Time Bernard SuttonM. DickyZigomarBaron StromboliColonel ClayThe Lone WolfHorace DorringtonBelphegorSigonoFantômasMonsieur ZenithGaston DupontFilip ColinRuder-OxMademoiselle MitonSimon CarneLord StuartPercy StuartArsène Lupin Kim Newman Angels of Music Christine DaaéTrilby O'FerrallIrene AdlerThe Phantom of the OperaBrigadier GerardJosephine BalsamoBasil HallwardSpalanzani, Cochenille, CoppeliusDuke of OmniumChevalier del GardoSimon CordierWalter Parkes Thatcher John Peel The Incomplete Assassin Joseph RouletabilleMichel Strogoff Chris Roberson Annus Mirabilis Doctor OmegaThe XipéhuzAlbert Einstein Jean-Louis Trudel Legacies Arsène LupinJoseph RouletabilleBaron Karl von HesselLady Diana Wyndham Brian Stableford The Grey Men Gregory TempleJohn DevilTales of the Shadowmen, Volume 3: Danse Macabre Cover & illustrations by Daylon (2007) Matthew Baugh The Heart of the Moon Doctor OmegaTelzey AmberdonCaptain KronosSolomon KaneMacisteBaron IscariotCount Orlok Alfredo Castelli Long Live Fantômas! FantômasThe Black Coats Bill Cunningham Next! BarbarellaJames T. KirkThe Shadow François Darnaudet Au Vent Mauvais... Madame Atomos Paul Di Filippo Return to the 20th Century The 20th CenturyProfessor CalculusCat-Women of the Moon Win Scott Eckert Les Lèvres Rouges Elizabeth BathoryNestor BurmaDoc ArdanMontferrandJens RolfLe ChiffrePlasterCabiriaManon LescautAudrey G. L. Gick Beware the Beasts Doctor OmegaJinn and Phyllis Micah Harris The Ape Gigans Becky SharpProfessor LidenbrockMahars of PellucidarObed MarshKing Kong Travis Hiltz A Dance of Night and Death The VampiresFantômas Rick Lai The Lady in the Black Gloves Madame FourneauJosephine BalsamoCatarina KoluchyThe Black CoatsDoctor MabuseDoctor BironMary HolderHelen LipsiusInspector LefevreIsadora Klein Jean-Marc Lofficier The Murder of Randolph Carter Hercule PoirotCharles Dexter WardLavinia Whateley Xavier Mauméjean A Day in the Life of Madame Atomos Madame AtomosTania OrloffCatherine CorneliusMephistaMrs. ButterworthVic St ValModesty Blaise David A. McIntee Bullets Over Bombay Docteur Mystère Brad Mengel All's Fair... P'GellJames BondMaurice ChampotL'OmbreOSS 117 Michael Moorcock The Affair of the Bassin Les Hivers LapointeZenith the AlbinoUna PerssonThe VampiresVautrin John Peel The Successful Failure Isidore BeautreletXavier GuichardBiggles Joseph Altairac & Jean-Luc Rivera The Butterfly Files William MulderMadame Atomos Chris Roberson The Famous Ape ZephirCurious GeorgeMalb'yat Robert L. Robinson, Jr. Two Hunters TarzanJudex Brian Stableford The Child Stealers John DevilCagliostroTales of the Shadowmen, Volume 4: Lords of Terror Cover by José Ladrönn (2008) Matthew Baugh Captain Future and the Lunar Peril Saint-MénouxEric John StarkCaptain FutureNorthwest SmithGerry CarlyleTara of Helium Bill Cunningham Fool Me Once... Harry DicksonFascinax Win Scott Eckert The Atomos Affair Madame AtomosAlexander Waverly Micah Harris The Anti-Pope of Avignon Solomon KaneFaustaThe Horla Travis Hiltz Three Men, A Martian and A Baby Doctor OmegaKal-LSelenites Rick Lai Corridors of Deceit The Black CoatsCatarina KoluchyCount CorbucciAntonio NikolaJosephine BalsamoFantômasAnna BeringerMary HolderDr. Mabuse Roman Leary The Evils Against Which We Strive Sâr DubnotalThe ShadowLigeia Jean-Marc Lofficier Madame Atomos' Christmas Madame Atomos Randy Lofficier The Reluctant Princess Doc ArdanSleeping BeautyJoseph Rouletabille Xavier Mauméjean A Wooster Christmas Bertie WoosterHercule Poirot Jess Nevins Red in Tooth and Claw RocamboleLord SpeedicutJohn SinnatCoyleInspector BucketSergeant Cuff Kim Newman Angels of Music 2: The Mark of Kane The Phantom of the OperaCharles Foster KaneGigiEliza DoolittleRimaHaghiPerry BennettMadame SaraDunston GrymeSimon CarneBaron MaupertuisDr. QuartzRaymond OwenVoltaireMr. PotterWilliam BoltynGurn/FantômasGeneral SternwoodJoseph Harrison PaineJulian KarswellNatashaThe FaceEmeric BelascoColonel MoranBret Maverick John Peel Twenty Thousand Years Under the Sea Captain NemoSuydamCthulhu Steven A. Roman Night's Children Irma VepCount Orlock John Shirley Cyrano and the Two Plumes AlcandreCyrano de BergeracD'Artagnan Brian Stableford The Return of Frankenstein Ned KnobFrankenstein's MonsterVictor FrankensteinMalo de TreguernGregory TempleTales of the Shadowmen, Volume 5: The Vampires of Paris Cover by Alan Weiss and Lovern Kindzierski (2009)Michelle Bigot The Tarot of the Shadowmen art portfolio Matthew Baugh The Way of the Crane KatoMadame Atomos Christopher Paul Carey & Win Scott Eckert Iron and Bronze Hareton IroncastleHarry KillerAntineaDoc ArdanThe Wandarobo G. L. Gick Tros Must Be Crazy! Tros of SamothraceAsterix Micah Harris May the Ground Not Consume Thee... Count of Monte-CristoLord Ruthven Tom Kane The Knave of Diamonds Francisco ScaramangaSir Stephen Lovern Kindzierski Perils Over Paris FascinaxThe Vampires Rick Lai All Predators Great and Small The VampiresEugenia von FrankenhausenCaptain ThompsonDraculaJosephine BalsamoThe Black Coats Roman Leary The Heart of a Man GiraudErnst Stavro BlofeldNyctalope Alain le Bussy A Matther Without Gravity Lord BelthamSherlock HolmesProfessor CavorThe Time TravelerH. G. Wells Jean-Marc Lofficier Madame Atomos' Holidays Madame AtomosThe Yellow Shadow Randy Lofficier The English Gentleman's Ball The Phantom AngelBelphégorBertie Wooster Xavier Mauméjean The Most Exciting Game The First MatePurley StebbinsJohn MarkhamMargo LaneCount ZaroffSerpent Men Jess Nevins A Root That Beareth Gall and Worms Dr. LovelessMonsieur LecoqRaphaël CarotHector RatichonAlejandro de la VegaJules PoiretIsadore PersanoZigomar John Peel The Dynamics of an Asteroid Doctor OmegaProfessor MoriartyZephyrin Xirdal Frank Schildiner The Smoking Mirror Jean KarivenInspector Cramer Stuart Shiffman The Milkman Cometh Joseph RouletabilleTevyeBoris BadenovSylvia di MurskaSherlock Holmes David L. Vineyard The Jade Buddha Arsène LupinHanoi ShanHenri de BeaujolaisThibaut CordayDenis Nayland Smith Brian Stableford The Vampire in Paris Gregory TempleJean-Pierre SeverinCountess Marcian GregoryiFrankenstein's MonsterRobert WaltonGiuseppe BalsamoMalo de TreguernTales of the Shadowmen, Volume 6: Grand Guignol Cover by Christine Clavel (2009) Christopher Paul Carey Caesar's Children Maximilian PetionThe Ponto FamilyPantagruelFrançois Sarrasin Win Scott Eckert Is He in Hell? Scarlet PimpernelAlbert LecoqLéonoxAlice Clarke Raffles Emmanuel Gorlier Out of Time NyctalopeBob MoraneManse Everard Matthew Baugh & Micah Harris The Scorpion and the Fox Becky SharpRakhmetovJolyC. Auguste DupinClampinThe Yellow Shadow Travis Hiltz The Treasure of the Ubasti Banks and Captain HoodSâr DubnotalHenry Jones, Sr.Mowgli Rick Lai Incident in the Boer War A. J. RafflesFantômas Roman Leary The Children of Heracles NyctalopeBernard QuatermassSteve KarnesJeffrey StuartTony VincenzoThe MasterBig Bad JohnJack Evans Jean-Marc Lofficier J.C. in Alphaville Leonard and Natasha Von BraunHenry DicksonRotwangOhisver MüllerKlamm and ErlangerJerry CorneliusJack LintUna PerssonPère Ubu Randy Lofficier The Spear of Destiny The Phantom AngelGaston SainclairBelphégor Xavier Mauméjean The Man for the Job CarsonThe Pied Piper William P. Maynard Yes, Virginia, There is a Fantômas FantômasInspector MorandSergeant JanvierJules PoiretTintin BlanchardPère Menou-Segrais John Peel The Biggest Guns Doc ArdanHans von HammerJ. T. MastonLord John RoxtonPatricia Neil Penswick The Vampire Murders Harry Dickson Dennis E. Power No Good Deed... Jean PassepartoutPère Tabaret and Inspector GévrolC. Auguste Dupin Frank Schildiner Laurels for the Toff Jean KarivenThe ToffCharles Luke Bradley H. Sinor Where the Shadows Began... Inspector LegrasseMichel ArdanCassildaH. P. LovecraftFrank Belknap Long Michel Stéphan The Red Silk Scarf Harry DicksonDaisuke SerizawaMadame AtomosAshendenFascinax David L. Vineyard The Children's Crusade Harry LimeArsène LupinModesty BlaiseGregory Arkadin Brian Stableford Where Zombies Armies Clash By Night Ned KnobGermain Patou Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 7: Femmes Fatales