Tales of the Shadowmen series - reviewed in French!

The entire Tales of the Shadowmen series of pulp crossover anthologies has been translated and packaged in French volumes, Les compagnons de l’Ombre.

A French reviewer has covered the seven (so far) volumes, here (I've taken the liberty of running this through Google translator).

Pretty cool!

My Wold Newton Origins story "Nadine's Invitation" ("L'Invitation de Nadine") will appear in Les compagnons de l’Ombre (Tome 9).

Tales of the Shadowmen, Vol. 6: Grand Guignol - pre-order on Amazon

Tales of the Shadowmen, Vol. 6: Grand Guignol is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com.

Edited by Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier, this latest entry in the Tales of the Shadowmen anthology series from Black Coat Press "is dedicated to simpler horrors and theatrical villainy. Tremble as you face the terror of Fantômas, the villainy of Madame Atomos, the sorcery of Leonox, the unspeakable King in Yellow and the insanity of Alphaville! Fortunately for us, and for the world, there are always stalwart heroes rising up to stem the tides of darkness and restore peace and order to the world. Chevalier Dupin! Harry Dickson! Mowgli! Arsène Lupin! The Scarlet Pimpernel! Raffles and many more are there, to confront crazy sorcerers and ravening zombies, mad scientists and giant rats, evil computers and Hindu death cults, Martians and monsters!"

Contents:

• Christopher Paul Carey: Caesar's Children starring The Ponto Family.
• Win Scott Eckert: Is He in Hell? starring The Scarlet Pimpernel, Leonox.
• Emmanuel Gorlier: Out of Time starring The Nyctalope, The Time Patrol.
• Matthew Baugh & Micah Harris: The Scorpion and the Fox starring Becky Sharp, the Yellow Shadow.
• Travis Hiltz: The Treasure of the Ubasti starring Sâr Dubnotal, Mowgli.
• Rick Lai: Incident in the Boer War starring Fantômas, Raffles.
• Roman Leary: The Children of Heracles starring The Nyctalope, Professor Quatermass, The Master.
• Jean-Marc Lofficier: J.C. in Alphaville starring Jerry Cornelius, Alphaville, The Castle.
• Randy Lofficier: The Spear of Destiny starring Phantom Angel.
• Xavier Mauméjean: The Man for the Job
• William P. Maynard: Yes Virginia There is a Fantômas starring Fantômas, Frederick Dickson.
• John Peel: The Biggest Guns starring Doc Ardan, Lord Roxton, The Gun Club.
• Neil Penswick: The Vampire Murders starring Harry Dickson.
• Dennis E. Power: No Good Deed… starring Père Tabaret, Chevalier Dupin.
• Frank Schildiner: Laurels for the Toff starring Jean Kariven, The Toff.
• Bradley H. Sinor: Where the Shadows Began... starring Michel Ardan, Inspector Legrasse.
• Michel Stéphan: The Red Silk Scarf starring Harry Dickson, Madame Atomos.
• David L. Vineyard: The Children's Crusade starring Arsene Lupin, Harry Lime.
• Brian Stableford: Where Zombies Armies Clash by Night (Part IV of The Empire of the Necromancers) starring Ned Knob, Germain Patou.

For you Wold Newton fans out there, my tale pitting the Scarlet Pimpernel against Leonox takes place in November 1795--just one short month before a meteor with strange properties landed near the village of Wold Newton, England.

Hmmm.

Creative Mythographers on the Move

TALES OF THE SHADOWMEN, VOLUME 3: DANSE MACABRE edited by Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier. Black Coat Press, 2007.

The third annual merry-go-round of heroes and villains of popular literature, the danse macabre of the Shadowmen. The stories take place in a fictional world where all of the characters and events from adventure literature actually exist in the same universe. ike the previous two volumes, Tales of the Shadowmen 3: Danse Macabre is packed with pulp meta-fiction. Stories feature Doc Ardan (Doc Savage), Adélaïde Lupin (daughter of legendary thief Arsène Lupin), private eye Nestor Burma, Fantômas, Hercule Poirot, Doctor Omega (Doctor Who), Judex (a French version of The Shadow), King Kong, the vampire Countess Elisabeth Bathory, John Devil, the Mahars of Pellucidar, Captain Kronos, Madame Atomos, the Black Coats, Modesty Blaise, the Lovecraftian Mythos, Solomon Kane, Dr. Mystère, OSS 117, and more.

Contributors include Michael Moorcock, Brian Stableford, Chris Roberson, David A. McIntee, Paul Di Filippo, John Peel, Matthew Baugh, Bill Cunningham, Brad Mangel, Win Scott Ecker, and many more.

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Creative Mythographers on the Move

TALES OF THE SHADOWMEN, VOLUME 2: GENTLEMEN OF THE NIGHT edited by Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier. Black Coat Press, 2006 .

More short stories inspired by French, American, and British pulp fiction. The stories take place in a fictional world where all of the characters and events from adventure literature actually exist in the same universe. Like the first volume, Tales of the Shadowmen 2: Gentlemen of the Night is chock full of Wold Newtonian and pulp fiction goodness. Stories feature Doc Ardan, Arsène Lupin, Fantômas, Harry Dickson, the Phantom of the Opera, Sherlock Holmes, Zenith the Albino, D'Artagnan, Doctor Omega (Doctor Who), Irene Adler, the Nyctalope, the Sâr Dubnotal, Judex, The Time Traveler, John Devil, Frankenstein, Countess Cagliostro, Rouletabille, the Moonstone, Joseph Jorkens, the Lovecraftian Mythos, and more.

Contributors include Kim Newman, Chris Roberson, Brian Stableford, John Peel, Jess Nevins, Bill Cunningham, Matthew Baugh, Win Scott Eckert, and many others.

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Tales of the Shadowmen 5: The Vampires of Paris -- now available!

Once upon a time, the world was but a stage for the exploits of the Shadowmen... The Vampires haunted the rooftops of Paris... Count Zaroff hunted the Serpent Men in the streets of New York... The Queen of Atlantis killed to save her mythical Kingdom... Arsene Lupin prowled the back alleys of Saigon... While in outer space, Doctor Omega and Professor Moriarty finally set foot upon an asteroid...

This fifth anthology of pastiches features some of the most amazing encounters between the legendary heroes and villains of popular literature: Count Dracula and Joséphine Balsamo, Lord Ruthven and the Count of Monte Cristo, the Nyctalope and Ernst Stavro Blofeld, Arsène Lupin and Hanoi Shan, Irma Vep and Fascinax, Monsieur Lecoq and Dr. Loveless... and even Sherlock Holmes and Tevye the Milkman!

I was fortunate enough to convince my good friend (and very talented writer!) Christopher Paul Carey to collaborate on a tale, and our editor and publisher, Jean-Marc Lofficier, was very pleased with the result. Our story, "Iron and Bronze," combines elements drawn from Pierre Benoit's L'Atlantide, Jules Verne's duology The Barsac Mission, J. H. Rosny and Philip José Farmer's Ironcastle, and Guy d'Armen's Doc Ardan, against the backdrop of H. Rider Haggard's Africa.

Tales of the Shadowmen 5: The Vampires of Paris, is now available direct from Black Coat Press and from Amazon.com -- coming soon to B&N.com and Borders.com We hope you'll check it out!

Signed books for sale

As a leftover from MileHiCon 40, I have a few more books on hand than I need. I'm thinking of selling signed copies myself: Myths for the Modern Age, Tarzan Alive, Tales of the Shadowmen, vols. 1-4, Lance Star--Sky Ranger, and perhaps even some Farmerphiles if Mike Croteau agrees. No profit motive here, I'll sell them for what I paid for them (that includes the Amazon discount I got when I bought them), plus shipping -- and signed! :-)

Let me know your level of interest by commenting back here, please. If interest is minimal, I'll box them up store them for some future Con. Conversely, if interest is high, I'll consider buying some extra copies of The Avenger Chronicles and Tales of the Shadowmen, vol. 5, and anything else that comes out in the future, signing them, and reselling them at cost. So let me know.

Info on books, prices, and number of copies left is linked in the left navigation bar, under Signed Books for Sale.

Short story sale to Tales of the Shadowmen Vol. 5: The Vampires of Paris

I'm very pleased to announce that my friend and collaborator Christopher Paul Carey and I have sold our short story "Iron and Bronze" to Jean-Marc Lofficier at Black Coat Press, for the anthology Tales of the Shadowmen: The Vampires of Paris (due for release in January 2009).

The tale combines elements drawn from Pierre Benoit's L'Atlantide, Jules Verne's duology The Barsac Mission, J. H. Rosny and Philip José Farmer's Ironcastle, and Guy d'Armen's Doc Ardan, against the backdrop of H. Rider Haggard's Africa.

I have a deep admiration for Chris' atmospheric style and crisp plotting, and it was a real pleasure to work with him on the story. If our schedules permit, I have a feeling we'll do it again someday!