Lee Harvey Oswald
Created by:
André Caroff
The Reluctant Princess
Starring:
Doc Ardan
Sleeping Beauty
Joseph Rouletabille
Introducing:
The Phantom Angel
Created by:
Guy d’Armen
Charles Perrault
Gaston Leroux
Randy Lofficier
Written by:
Jean-Marc & Randy LOFFICIER, the authors of the Shadowmen non-fiction series, have also collaborated on five screenplays, a dozen books and numerous comic books and translations, including Arsène Lupin, Doc Ardan, Doctor Omega and The Phantom of the Opera, all published by Black Coat Press. They have written a number of animation teleplays, including episodes of Duck Tales and The Real Ghostbusters and such popular comic book heroes as Superman and Doctor Strange. In 1999, in recognition of their distinguished career as comic book writers, editors and translators, they were presented with the Inkpot award for Outstanding Achievement in Comic Arts. Randy is a member of the Writers Guild of America, West and Mystery Writers of America.
A Wooster Christmas
Starring:
Jeeves
Bertie Wooster
Aunt Dahlia
Uncle Tom
Florence Craye
Arthur Hastings
Hercule Poirot
Monsieur Anatole
Created by:
P.G. Wodehouse
P.G. Wodehouse
P.G. Wodehouse
P.G. Wodehouse
P.G. Wodehouse
Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie
P.G. Wodehouse
Written by:
Xavier MAUMÉJEAN won the renowned Gerardmer Award in 2000 for his psychological thriller The Memoirs of the Elephant Man. His other works include Gotham (2002), The League of Heroes, which won the 2003 Imaginaire Award of the City of Brussels and was translated by Black Coat Press (2005), La Vénus Anatomique (2004), which won the 2005 Rosny Award, and Car je suis Légion (2005). Xavier has a diploma in philosophy and the science of religions and works as a teacher in the North of France, where he resides, with his wife and his daughter, Zelda.
Red in Tooth and Claw
Starring:
Rocambole
Lord Speedicut (a.k.a.
Speed)
John Sinnat
Coyle
Inspector Bucket
Sergeant Cuff
Hunt
Creegan
Fitzgerald
Tennison
The Rats:
Albanian Brown
Priory Rat
Qwhglmian Rat
Sumatran Rat
Also Starring:
Jack Black
Jemmy Shaw
Created by:
Pierre-Alexis Ponson du Terrail
George Macdonald Fraser
S.B.H. Hurst
Hugh Pentecost
Charles Dickens
Wilkie Collins
based on Chris Chibnall
based on Paul Abbott
based on Jimmy McGovern
based on Lynda La Plante
Jess Nevins
H.P. Lovecraft
Neal Stephenson
Arthur Conan Doyle
Written by:
Jess NEVINS is a reference librarian at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. He is the author of two companion books on Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and of The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Victoriana, a comprehensive guide to 19th century genre literature. Jess is currently working on The Encyclopedia of Pulp Heroes, an exhaustive list of series heroes, in numerous media, published around the world from 1902 to 1945. Jess lives outside of Houston with his wife Alicia and their menagerie of animals.
The Mark of Kane
Starring:
Erik
The Minister
Charles Foster Kane
Gilberte “Gigi” Lachaille
“Irma Vep” (her alias)
The Persian
Elizabeth Eynsford Hill née Doolittle
Riolama a.k.a. Rima
Théophraste Lupin
Favraux
Haghi
Perry Bennett
Madame Sara
Dunston Gryme
Simon Carne
Dr. Materialismus
Abijah K. Jones
Wanda Stielman
Ballmeyer
Baron Maupertuis
Dr. Jack Quartz
Wizard Whateley
Professor Fate
Sir Cuthbert Ware-Armitage
The Assassination Bureau, Ltd.
The Black Coats
Raymond Owen
Voltaire
Henry F. Potter
William Boltyn
Hattison
Gurn
General Guy Sternwood
Joseph Harrison Paine
Julian Karswell
Natasha Natasaevna di
Murska
The Face
Emeric Belasco
Johnny Barlowe
Gaylord Ravenal
Sebastian Moran
Jimmy Valentine
Freddy Eynsford Hill
Bret Maverick
The Former Angels:
Christine Daaé
Irene Adler
Trilby O’Ferrall
Loveday Brooke
Unorna
Grunya Constantine
Marahuna
Anna Franklyn
Hagar Stanley
Geneviève Dieudonné
Yuki Kashima
Also Starring:
Kathleen Ruston
Edda van Heemstra
Jacob Epstein
(Elizabeth’s aliases)
And:
Royale-les-Eaux
Created by:
Gaston Leroux
based on Bruce Geller
Orson Welles
& Herman J. Mankiewicz
Colette
Louis Feuillade
Gaston Leroux
George Bernard Shaw
W.H. Hudson
Maurice Leblanc
Louis Feuillade
& Arthur Bernède
Fritz Lang
& Thea von Harbou
Arthur B. Reeve,
Charles W. Goddard
& George B. Seitz
L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace
Gustave Linbach
Guy Boothby
Frederic J. Stimson
George Lippard
Jean de La Hire
Gaston Leroux
Arthur Conan Doyle
Frederic van Rensselaer Dey
H.P. Lovecraft
Blake Edwards
& Arthur A. Ross
Ken Annakin & Jack Davies
Jack London
Paul Féval
Charles W. Goddard
& George B. Seitz
John Kneubuhl
Philip Van Doren Stern,
Frances Goodrich,
Albert Hackett, Jo Swerling
& Frank Capra
Gustave Le Rouge
Gustave Le Rouge
Pierre Souvestre
& Marcel Allain
Raymond Chandler
Lewis R. Foster
& Sidney Buchman
Montague Rhode James
George Chetwynd
& Griffith Jones
Donald Cotton
& Richard Harris
& Verity Lambert
Richard Matheson
Ilya Surguchev
& Frederick Albert Swan
Edna Ferber, Jerome Kern
& Oscar Hammerstein II
Arthur Conan Doyle
O. Henry & Paul Armstrong
George Bernard Shaw
Roy Huggins
Gaston Leroux
Arthur Conan Doyle
Geo
rge du Maurier
Catherine Louisa Pirkis
F. Marion Crawford
Jack London
H.B. Mariott-Watson
Anthony Hinds
Fergus Hume
Kim Newman
Kazuo Uemura
& Kazuo Koike
Ian Fleming
Written by:
Kim NEWMAN’s literary career began as a film reviewer and critic. His first stories were published in Interzone. In 1985, he wrote two non-fiction books, Ghastly Beyond Belief (with Neil Gaiman) and Nightmare Movies. His first novels were The Night Mayor (1989) and Bad Dreams (1990). The publication of Anno Dracula (1992) established him as a major name in horror fiction. That series continued with The Bloody Red Baron (1995) and Judgment of Tears (1998). Other novels by Kim include Jago (1991), The Quorum (1994) and Life’s Lottery (1999). Kim’s short story collections include The Original Dr. Shade (1994), Famous Monsters (1995), Seven Stars (2000), Where the Bodies are Buried (2000) and Unforgivable Stories (2000).
Twenty Thousand Years Under the Sea
Starring:
Professor Arronax
Captain Nemo
Suydam
Cthulhu
Created by:
Jules Verne
Jules Verne
H.P. Lovecraft
H.P. Lovecraft
Written by:
John PEEL was born in Nottingham, England, and started writing stories at age 10. John moved to the U.S. in 1981 to marry his pen-pal. He, his wife (“Mrs. Peel”) and their 13 dogs now live on Long Island, New York. John has written just over 100 books to date, mostly for young adults. He is the only author to have written novels based on both Doctor Who and Star Trek. His most popular work is Diadem, a fantasy series; he has written ten volumes to date.
Night’s Children
Starring:
Irma Vep
Count Orlock
Introducing:
Wilhelm Schmidt
Created by:
Louis Feuillade
F.W. Murnau
& Henrik Galeen
Steven A. Roman
Written by:
Steven A. ROMAN is the writer/creator of the horror graphic novel Lorelei: Building the Perfect Beast, and the author of the novels Final Destination: Dead Man’s Hand and X-Men: The Chaos Engine Trilogy. His most recent short fiction appeared in the anthologies Doctor Who: Short Trips: Farewells, If I Were an Evil Overlord, and The Dead Walk Again! He lives in Queens, NY.
Cyrano and the Two Plumes
Starring:
Alcandre
Cyrano de Bergerac
Ragueneau
D’Artagnan
Created by:
Jean de Rotrou
Edmond Rostand
Edmond Rostand
Alexandre Dumas
Written by:
John SHIRLEY is the author of numerous novels and books of stories, including the novels Cellars, Demons, Wetbones, City Come A-Walkin’, Eclipse, A Splendid Chaos, the collection Black Butterflies (which won the Bram Stoker award and which was chosen by PW as one of the best books of that year), and the collection Really Really Really Really Weird Stories from Nightshade. His new story collection is Living Shadows from Prime Books. He has had stories in two Year’s Best collections, and his novels City Come A Walkin’ and Eclipse are thought to be seminal in the cyberpunk movement. He was co-screenwriter of the film The Crow, has written scripts for television series and cable movies. He was lead singer and songwriter for various bands including the punk band SadoNation, the post-punk band Obsession (Celluloid records) and the post-cyberpunk band The Panther Moderns. He has also written nonfiction including the book Gurdjieff: An Introduction To His Life And Ideas (Penguin/Tarcher). Forthcoming are “the lost cyberpunk novel” Black Glass (from Elder Signs) and a new urban fantasy novel, Bleak History.
The Return of Frankenstein
Starring:
Ned Knob
“Guido”
Robert Walton
“Lazarus”
Victor Frankenstein
Malo de Treguern
Simeon
Count Szandor
Gregory Temple
Henri de Belcamp (a.k.a. John Devil)
Also Starring:
Percy Bysshe Shelley
John Taaffe, Jr.
Edward John Trelawny
Capt. John Hay
Edward Williams
Created by:
Paul Féval
Brian Stableford
Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley
Paul Féval
Brian Stableford
Paul Féval
Paul Féval
Paul Féval
Written by:
Brian M. STABLEFORD has been a professional writer since 1965. He has published more than 50 novels and 200 short stories, as well as several non-fiction books, thousands of articles for periodicals and reference books and a number of anthologies. He is also a part-time Lecturer in Creative Writing at King Alfred’s College Winchester. Brian’s novels include The Empire of Fear (1988), Young Blood (1992), The Wayward Muse (2005), The Stones of Camelot (2006), The New Faust at the Tragicomique (2007) and his future history series comprising Inherit the Earth (1998), Architects of Emortality (1999), The Fountains of Youth (2000), The Cassandra Complex (2001), Dark Ararat (2002) and The Omega Expedition (2002). His non-fiction includes Scientific Romance in Britain (1985), Teach Yourself Writing Fantasy and Science Fiction (1997), Yesterday’s Bestsellers (1998) and Glorious Perversity: The Decline and Fall of Literary Decadence (1998). Brian’s translations for Black Coat Press include Paul Féval’s Anne of the Isles, John Devil, Knightshade, Revenants, Vampire City, The Vampire Countess, The Wandering Jew’s Daughter, The Black Coats: ‘Salem Street and The Black Coats: The Invisible Weapon; Paul Féval fils’ Felifax the Tiger-Man; Villiers de l’Isle-Adam’s The Scaffold and The Vampire Soul; Jean de La Hire’s The Nyctalope vs. Lucifer; Marie Nizet’s Captain Vampire; Ponson du Terrail’s The Vampire and the Devil’s Son and the anthology News from the Moon.
Notes
1 See “Au Vent Mauvais...” by François Darnaudet & Jean-Marc Lofficier in Tales of the Shadowmen 3.
2 See “The Lady in the Black Gloves” in Tales of the Shadowmen 3.
3 See “Dr. Cerral’s Patient” in Tales of the Shadowmen 2.
4 See “Dr. Cerral’s Patient” in Tales of the Shadowmen 2.
5 According to several reliable witnesses, Lee Harvey Oswald, during the last months of his life, when some of his whereabouts remain unknown to this day, had changed physically, experiencing unexplained hair loss and premature aging.
6 A character introduced in Paul Féval’s The Vampire Countess (Black Coat Press, 2003).
IN THE SAME COLLECTION
Volume 1: The Modern Babylon (2004)
Matthew Baugh, Bill Cunningham, Terrance Dicks, Win Scott Eckert, Viviane Etrivert, G.L. Gick, Rick Lai, Alain le Bussy, J.-M. & Randy Lofficier, Samuel T. Payne, John Peel, Chris Roberson, Robert Sheckley, Brian Stableford.
Volume 2: Gentlemen of the Night (2005)
Matthew Baugh, Bill Cunningham, Win Scott Eckert, G.L. Gick, Rick Lai, Serge Lehman, Jean-Marc Lofficier, Xavier Mauméjean, Sylvie Miller, Jess Nevins, Kim Newman, John Peel, Chris Roberson, Brian Stableford, Jean-Louis Trudel, Philippe Ward.
Volume 3: Danse Macabre (2006)
Joseph Altairac, Matthew Baugh, Alfredo Castelli, Bill Cunningham, François Darnaudet, Paul DiFilippo, Win Scott Eckert, G.L. Gick, Micah Harris, Travis Hiltz, Rick Lai, Jean-Marc Lofficier, Xavier Mauméjean, David A. McIntee, Brad Mengel, Michael Moorcock, John Peel, Jean-Luc Rivera, Chris Roberson, Robert L. Robinson, Jr., Brian Stableford.
Volume 4: Lords of Terror (2007)
Matthew Baugh, Bill Cunningham, Win Scott Eckert, Micah Harris, Travis Hiltz, Rick Lai, Roman Leary, Jean-Marc Lofficier, Randy Lofficier, Xavier Mauméjean, Jess Nevins, Kim Newman, J
ohn Peel, Steven A. Roman, John Shirley, Brian Stableford.
Volume 5: The Vampires of Paris (2008)
Matthew Baugh, Michelle Bigot, Christopher Paul Carey, Win Scott Eckert, G.L. Gick, Micah Harris, Tom Kane, Lovern Kindzierski, Rick Lai, Roman Leary, Alain le Bussy, Jean-Marc Lofficier, Randy Lofficier, Xavier Mauméjean, Jess Nevins, John Peel, Frank Schildiner, Stuart Shiffman, Brian Stableford, David L. Vineyard.
Volume 6: Grand Guignol (2009)
Matthew Baugh, Christopher Paul Carey, Win Scott Eckert, Emmanuel Gorlier, Micah Harris, Travis Hiltz, Rick Lai, Roman Leary, Jean-Marc Lofficier, Randy Lofficier, Xavier Mauméjean, William P. Maynard, John Peel, Neil Penswick, Dennis E. Power, Frank Schildiner, Bradley H. Sinor, Brian Stableford, Michel Stéphan, David L. Vineyard.
Volume 7: Femmes Fatales (2010)
Roberto Lionel Barreiro, Matthew Baugh, Thom Brannan, Matthew Dennion, Win Scott Eckert, Emmanuel Gorlier, Micah Harris, Travis Hiltz, Paul Hugli, Rick Lai, Jean-Marc Lofficier, David McDonnell, Brad Mengel, Sharan Newman, Neil Penswick, Pete Rawlik, Frank Schildiner, Stuart Shiffman, Bradley H. Sinor, Brian Stableford, Michel Stéphan, David L. Vineyard.
Doctor Omega and the Shadowmen (2011)
Matthew Baugh, Thom Brannan, G.L. Gick, Travis Hiltz, Olivier Legrand, Serge Lehman, Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier, Samuel T. Payne, John Peel, Neil Penswick, Dennis E. Power, Chris Roberson, Stuart Shiffman.
The Nyctalope Steps In (2011)
Matthew Dennion, Emmanuel Gorlier, Julien Heylbroeck, Paul Hugli, Jean de La Hire, Roman Leary, Randy Lofficier, Stuart Shiffman, David L. Vineyard.
Volume 8: Agents Provocateurs (2011)
Matthew Baugh, Nicholas Boving, Matthew Dennion, Win Scott Eckert, Martin Gately, Micah Harris, Travis Hiltz, Paul Hugli, Rick Lai, Joseph Lamere, Olivier Legrand, Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier, DavidMcDonald, Chris Nigro, John Peel, Dennis E. Power, Pete Rawlik, Joshua Reynolds, Frank Schildiner, Michel Stéphan, Michel Vannereux.
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