JOHN SHIRLEY: BASIC BIO
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John Shirley is the author of more than a dozen books including his most recent novels, Crawlers (fall 2003, Del Rey) and Demons (Del Rey). His noted proto-cyberpunk novel, City Come-A-Walkin' has recently been reissued by Four Walls Eight Windows as has the A Song Called Youth trilogy -- Eclipse, Eclipse Corona, and Eclipse Penumbra (Babbage). He is the recipient of the Horror Writers Association Bram Stoker Award and the International Horror Guild Award for his collection Black Butterflies (Mark V. Ziesing). Shirley's fronted punk bands and written lyrics for his own music, as well as for Blue Öyster Cult and other bands. A principal screenwriter for The Crow, Shirley now devotes most of his time to writing for television and film. The URL for the official John Shirley Web site is http://www.darkecho.com/JohnShirley.
  • Barely street-legal, Shirley's Bosch-like visions mark him out as perhaps the closest thing contemporary American fantasy has to a genuine "outsider artist." -- William Gibson
  • John Shirley achieves things that other writers wouldn't dare attempt. Brilliant. The true quill. -- Bruce Sterling
  • John Shirley is an adventurer, returning from dark and troubled regions with visionary tales to tell. I heartily recommend a journey with John Shirley at your side. -- Clive Barker
  • John Shirley never fails to produce work that is both relentlessly readable and truthful. His vivid, clear writing tells real stories. -- Pat Cadigan
  • With his electric intensity, elegant prose, and eye for details both sleazy and tender, Shirley is one of the most original voices in fiction today. -- Poppy Z. Brite
  • A postmodern Edgar Allan Poe. -- Larry McCaffrey
  • John Shirley's prophet-in-the-cyberwilderness voice deserves high billing among the best. -- Roger Zelazny
  • Shirley is a literary juggernaut, full of humor and relentless energy. -- Lewis Shiner
JOHN SHIRLEY: CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
Novels written under pseudonyms, screenplays, foreign editions, short works not included)
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NOVELS

  • Transmaniacon (1979)
  • Dracula in Love (1979, reprinted by Zebra 1991)
  • City Come A-Walkin' (1980) (reprinted by Eyeball Press, 1996; reprinted by Four Walls Eight Windows, 2001)
  • Three-Ring Psychus (1980)
  • The Brigade (1981)
  • Cellars (1982)
  • Eclipse (1985) (New edition 2000, Babbage Books)
  • In Darkness Waiting (1988)
  • Kamus of Kadizar: The Black Hole of Carcosa (1988)
  • Eclipse Penumbra (1988)(New edition 2000, Babbage Books)
  • A Splendid Chaos (1988)
  • Eclipse Corona (1990) (New edition 2001, Babbage Books)
  • Wetbones (1991, reissued in paperback by Leisure 1999)
  • Silicon Embrace (1996)
  • Demons (2000, Cemetery Dance Publications)
  • The View From Hell (2001, Subterranean Press)
  • ...And the Angel With Television Eyes (2001, Night Shade)
  • Her Hunger (2001, Subterranean Press) short novel included in Night Visions 10 edited by Richard Chizmar
  • Spider Moon (2002, Cemetery Dance)
  • Demons [new version with second novella Undercurrents (2002, Del Rey, tpb 2003]
  • Crawlers (Del Rey, Fall 2003)
COLLECTIONS
  • Heatseeker (Scream, 1989)
  • New Noir (1993)
  • The Exploded Heart (1996)
  • Black Butterflies (1998, reissued in mmp by Leisure 2001)
  • Really Really Really Really Weird Stories (Night Shade Books,1999)
  • Darkness Divided (Stealth Press, March 2001)
Further information and images on the John Shirley Web Site
Contact: jshirley@darkecho.com