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

{| class="wikitable sortable" ! Volume!!Author !! Title !! Principal character(s)

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)

Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 12: Carte Blanche

Cover by Mike Hoffman. ISBN 978-1-61227-447-8 (2015)

Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 13: Sang Froid

Cover by Michel Borderie. ISBN 978-1-61227-578-9 (2016)

Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 14: Coup de Grace

Cover by Florine Rétoré. ISBN 978-1-61227-696-0 (2017)

Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 15: Trompe l'Oeil

Cover by Stephan Martiniere. ISBN 978-1-61227-813-1 (2018)

Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 16: Voir Dire

Cover by Daniele Serra. ISBN 978-1-61227-910-7 (2019)

Translations

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

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