(b.John Shirley is the author of more than a dozen books including City Come A-Walking, Really Really Really Really Weird Stories (a collection of short fiction), and the newly reissued classic cyberpunk "A Song Called Youth" trilogy-Eclipse, Eclipse Corona, and Eclipse Penumbra. He is the recipient of the Horror Writers Association Bram Stoker Award and the International Horror Guild Award for his collection Black Butterflies. Shirley has fronted punk bands and written lyrics for his own music, as well as for Blue Oyster Cult and other bands. A principal screenwriter for The Crow, Shirley now devotes most of his time to writing for television and film.
Genres: Science Fiction, Horror
Series
Traveler
2. Kingdom Come (1984)
3. The Stalkers (1984)
4. To Kill a Shadow (1984)
5. Road War (1985)
6. Border War (1985)
8. Terminal Road (1986)
2. Kingdom Come (1984)
3. The Stalkers (1984)
4. To Kill a Shadow (1984)
5. Road War (1985)
6. Border War (1985)
8. Terminal Road (1986)
Song Called Youth
1. Eclipse (1985)
2. Eclipse Penumbra (1988)
3. Eclipse Corona (1990)
A Song Called Youth (omnibus) (2012)
1. Eclipse (1985)
2. Eclipse Penumbra (1988)
3. Eclipse Corona (1990)
A Song Called Youth (omnibus) (2012)
Novels
Transmaniacon (1979)
Dracula in Love (1979)
Three Ring Psychus (1980)
City Come A-Walkin' (1980)
The Brigade (1981)
Cellars (1982)
A Splendid Chaos (1988)
In Darkness Waiting (1988)
The Black Hole of Carcosa (1988)
Wetbones (1992)
Silicon Embrace (1996)
Demons (2000)
The View from Hell (2001)
And the Angel With Television Eyes (2001)
Spider Moon (2002)
Crawlers (2003)
Doom (2005)
The Other End (2007)
Black Glass (2008)
Bleak History (2009)
Everything is Broken (2011)
The Crow: Death and Rebirth (2013)
Doyle After Death (2013)
Wyatt in Wichita (2014)
Dracula in Love (1979)
Three Ring Psychus (1980)
City Come A-Walkin' (1980)
The Brigade (1981)
Cellars (1982)
A Splendid Chaos (1988)
In Darkness Waiting (1988)
The Black Hole of Carcosa (1988)
Wetbones (1992)
Silicon Embrace (1996)
Demons (2000)
The View from Hell (2001)
And the Angel With Television Eyes (2001)
Spider Moon (2002)
Crawlers (2003)
Doom (2005)
The Other End (2007)
Black Glass (2008)
Bleak History (2009)
Everything is Broken (2011)
The Crow: Death and Rebirth (2013)
Doyle After Death (2013)
Wyatt in Wichita (2014)
Collections
The Exploded Heart (1986)
New Noir (1986)
Heatseeker (1989)
Black Butterflies (1998)
Really, Really, Really, Really Weird Stories (1999)
Darkness Divided (2001)
Living Shadows (2007)
Infernally Yours (2009) (with John Everson, Charlee Jacob, Brian Keene, Edward Lee and Maynard Sims)
In Extremis (2011)
The Devil's Coattails (2011) (with Gary A Braunbeck, Ramsey Campbell, Earl Hamner, Nancy Kilpatrick, Dan O'Bannon, Wilum Pugmire, Melanie Tem, Steve Rasnic Tem and Marc Scott Zicree)
Lovecraft Alive! (2016)
New Noir (1986)
Heatseeker (1989)
Black Butterflies (1998)
Really, Really, Really, Really Weird Stories (1999)
Darkness Divided (2001)
Living Shadows (2007)
Infernally Yours (2009) (with John Everson, Charlee Jacob, Brian Keene, Edward Lee and Maynard Sims)
In Extremis (2011)
The Devil's Coattails (2011) (with Gary A Braunbeck, Ramsey Campbell, Earl Hamner, Nancy Kilpatrick, Dan O'Bannon, Wilum Pugmire, Melanie Tem, Steve Rasnic Tem and Marc Scott Zicree)
Lovecraft Alive! (2016)
Novellas
Series contributed to
Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms (with Kevin J Anderson, Alan Dean Foster, Jay Lake, Mike Resnick, Mark Sehestedt and Lisa Smedman)
Untold Adventures (2011)
Untold Adventures (2011)
Non fiction
Anthologies containing stories by John Shirley
Universe 6 (1976)
Universe 9 (1979)
Shadows 4 (1981)
The Second Omni Book of Science Fiction (1984)
Between Time and Terror (1990)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Third Annual Collection (1990)
Dead End - City Limits (1991)
Midnight Graffiti (1992)
Predators (1993)
The Earth Strikes Back (1994)
Fear Itself (1995)
Forbidden Acts (1995)
Dark Love (1995)
100 Tiny Tales of Terror (1996)
Pawn of Chaos (1996)
Cyber-Killers (1997)
The Crow: Shattered Lives and Broken Dreams (1998)
100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment (1998)
Technohorror (1999)
Universe 9 (1979)
Shadows 4 (1981)
The Second Omni Book of Science Fiction (1984)
Between Time and Terror (1990)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Third Annual Collection (1990)
Dead End - City Limits (1991)
Midnight Graffiti (1992)
Predators (1993)
The Earth Strikes Back (1994)
Fear Itself (1995)
Forbidden Acts (1995)
Dark Love (1995)
100 Tiny Tales of Terror (1996)
Pawn of Chaos (1996)
Cyber-Killers (1997)
The Crow: Shattered Lives and Broken Dreams (1998)
100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment (1998)
Technohorror (1999)
Short stories
| Silent Crickets (1975) | |||
| Tricentennial (1976) | |||
| Under the Generator (1976) | |||
| Will the Chill (1979) | |||
| The Belonging Kind (1981) (with William Gibson) | |||
| Triggering (1982) | |||
| The Unfolding (1985) (with Bruce Sterling) | |||
| Ticket to Heaven (1987) | |||
| Six Kinds of Darkness (1988) | |||
| Equilibrium (1989) | |||
| Screens (1989) | |||
| Pearldoll (1990) | |||
| Ash (1991) | |||
| "I Want to Get Married!" Says World's Smallest Man (1992) | |||
| Where It's Safe (1992) | |||
| The Rubber Smile (1993) | |||
| Barbara (1995) | |||
| War and Peace (1995) | |||
| You Hear What Buddy and Ray Did? (1995) | |||
| In the Cornelius Arms (1996) | |||
| What Would You Do for Love? (1998) | Bram Stoker (nominee) | ||
| Wings Burnt Black (1998) |
Awards
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John Shirley recommends
Codename Prague (2011)
(Scikungfi Trilogy, book 2)
D Harlan Wilson
"This intense mixture of giddy activity, cyberpunk essences, avant fusion and social satire may make your head spin at an accelerated rate. Actual brain damage is unlikely, in most cases."
Dr. Potter's Medicine Show (2017)
Eric Scott Fischl
"A powerful alchemical elixir concocted of post Civil War historical fiction, dark fantasy, Felliniesque flavoring."
Destiny Nowhere (2017)
Matthew Hollis Damon
"Destiny Nowhere is scary but amusing, adventurous but thought provoking, wild but smartly fun... You can't go wrong with this one!"
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