John Shirley

New interview with John Shirley from The Fantasy Hive.
Blue Öyster Cult's first studio album in nineteen years—The Symbol Remains—features five songs with lyrics by John Shirley. See the Music section for more information.
John Shirley's novel Stormland was released April 13, 2021. Buy the book here or locally. Publishers Weekly says: "Howling super-hurricanes, grisly torture scenes, and the horrors of scientific experimentation on human brains make for harrowing reading. This is a sober warning about the seductive dangers of power." (Read the full review here.) Paul di Filippo's calls it a "gripping, slam-bang new 'cli-fi' thriller." Read his full Locus review here.
John Shirley's latest collection The Feverish Stars is now available! Published by Independent Legions. From the introduction by R. C. Matheson: "In the ominous precincts of dark fiction, Byronic gangster John Shirley’s singular work is distinguished by swans and knives of prose; divine menace. Twenty of his finest stories are gathered in this volume of poetic distress calls; whether terror, horror or a cosmos seeping bleak karma. The many addicted to Shirley’s stunning work savor it as ground zero of the real deal; grace and sodium pentothal that autopsy and awaken; his voice shifting from satirical heresy, to heartache; torrents of shock."
Epic fantasy novel A Sorcerer of Atlantis will be pubished by Hippocampus Publications later in 2021.
John Shirley's prog rock album with prog guitar maestro Jerry King, Spaceship Landing in a Cemetery: John Shirley & Jerry King is available from Jupiter Music in the USA, is available as a digital download or a limited edition CD.
Cloud Over Jupiter with John Shirley has released a video of "In Stormland," a song about the forthcoming novel Stormland. COJ's Short Stories for Tall Aliens features twelve original previously unreleased tracks written primarily by Shirley and Jupiter's multi-instrumentalist, Jerry King. With the help of ex-Muffin's horn man & keyboardist Dave Newhouse, and experimental guitar work from Bret Harold Hart and Pete Prown, is a Lovecraftian journey to a world teetering on the edge of widespread extinction.
Reprehensible Records will soon release a John Shirley & the Screaming Geezers album. First on CD, later on vinyl. Twelve hard rock and post punk songs. Comparisons to Social Distortion and the Velvet Underground...

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