The Obscure Cities, first published in English as, variously, Stories of the Fantastic and Cities of the Fantastic, is a bande dessinée series created by the Belgian artist François Schuiten and the French writer Benoît Peeters. First serialized in magazine format in 1982, the series has been published in album format by the Brussels-based publisher Casterman since 1983. New installments of the series were published throughout the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2020s, with full-color, partial color, or black-and-white artwork, as well as photo illustration. The artwork of the series is distinguished by Schuiten's realistic rendering of diverse contemporary, historical, and imaginary architectural styles.