John Shirley is one of the original cyberpunk authors, and appears inย Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology.ย His novelย City Come A-Walkinโ,ย and his Eclipse trilogy, are regarded as seminal cyberpunk works. He is the winner of the 1998 Bram Stoker Award for his story collection,ย Black Butterflies: A Flock on the Dark Side.ย His novels includeย A Splendid Chaos,ย Demons,ย Wetbones, Black Glass,ย Crawlers,ย The Other End,ย High,ย andย Stormland. Shirley has also written scripts for films such asย The Crowย and television shows such asย Stark Trek:ย Deep Space Nine, as well asย lyrics for American rock band Blue รyster Cult.
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