Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
In this conversation, John Shirley and I discuss his impressive decades long career, The Crow,
John Shirley is the co-screenwriter of the fan favourite film, THE CROW. Shirley has well over 40 published novels and almost a dozen short story collections to his name and has won numerous awards such as the Bram Stoker, the Locus Awards, and the International Horror Guild Awards.
Focusing on resonating, often frightening stories no matter the stage, Shirley writes in the field of cyberpunk, horror, science-fiction as well as extensive work in television with Deep Space Nine, Poltergeist: The Legacy and was nominated for an Emmy Award for an episode of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turltes.
He has also fronted various punk rock bands as lead singer, currently for The Screaming Geezers, and has written over two dozen song lyrics for the Blue Oyster Cull.
For more on the expansive career and works of John Shirley, visit him online:
john-shirley.com
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In this conversation, John Shirley and I discuss his impressive decades long career, The Crow,
John Shirley is the co-screenwriter of the fan favourite film, THE CROW. Shirley has well over 40 published novels and almost a dozen short story collections to his name and has won numerous awards such as the Bram Stoker, the Locus Awards, and the International Horror Guild Awards.
Focusing on resonating, often frightening stories no matter the stage, Shirley writes in the field of cyberpunk, horror, science-fiction as well as extensive work in television with Deep Space Nine, Poltergeist: The Legacy and was nominated for an Emmy Award for an episode of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turltes.
He has also fronted various punk rock bands as lead singer, currently for The Screaming Geezers, and has written over two dozen song lyrics for the Blue Oyster Cull.
For more on the expansive career and works of John Shirley, visit him online:
john-shirley.com
Read The Feverish Stars now: amzn.to/3x0y4CB
***
If you got any enjoyment or value from this video, please consider throwing me a buck or three to keep this channel and its content alive and well - every dollar goes a long way to keeping this dark heart beating:
buymeacoffee.com/DarkBites
Thanks for watching! And please do like, subscribe, share, comment and, most of all, enjoy!
Follow Dark Bites on Twitter: @DarkBitesBlog
Until next time, stay hungry ... stay dark.
And thanks for watching!
