Ten years ago, Black Coat Press put out my very first published story in Tales of the Shadowmen Vol. 10. I've contributed stories to subsequent volumes as I've built up this writing "career" of mine, proud to be a part of the Shadowmen legacy. Now, the storied anthology series is coming to a close with it's twentieth and final volume, and I've returned after a couple years' absence with my story "Get Fantomas." I realized that I had two previous Fantomas stories from the 50's and the 60's in earlier volumes, so it made since to close the sequence out with a story set in the 70's, paying homage to the gritty crime and spy dramas of the decade.
While it's sad to see the series go, TOTS is going out with a bang, with contributions from over 50 authors worldwide, including the likes of Stephen R. Bissette (!), Kim Newman (!!) and Neil Gaiman (!!!). I'll miss the series terribly, but will remain eternally grateful that I got to contribute to it over the course of a decade. All the thanks in the world go out to Black Coat Press Editor-in-Chief Jean-Marc Lofficier, who took a chance on me all those years ago and remains one of the best editors I've ever had the pleasure of working with.
