The Silver Key

"Wonder had gone away, and he had forgotten that all life is only a set of pictures in the brain, among which there is no difference betwixt those born of real things and those born of inward dreamings, and no cause to value the one above the other." --H.P. Lovecraft, The Silver Key

Friday, May 29, 2026

"Shake Me," Cinderella

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This week's Metal Friday brings the hair... an awesome track from 1986's Night Songs. My favorite song and album from the mighty Cin...
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Thursday, May 28, 2026

Something old, new, and borrowed/blue, and other happy and irritating stuff

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Is the theme of this week's Arcane Arts: Dispatches From The Silver Key . I cover news about H. Rider Haggard, new sword-and-sorcery, an...
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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Arcane Arts hitting inboxes... make it yours

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The latest issue of Arcane Arts--my weekly-ish email newsletter covering all things sword-and-sorcery, heavy metal, personal, and random shi...
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Friday, May 15, 2026

The Thin Line Between Love and Hate, Iron Maiden

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Iron Maiden's Brave New World came out 26 years ago. Twenty-six years. I remember it very well ... I feel like it was just yesterday. B...
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Monday, May 11, 2026

Some final thoughts on Stephen King’s The Stand

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Warning: Minor spoilers I’m done with the re-read, and had a few final thoughts on this very big book. Where does Stephen King stand (ahem) ...
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Thursday, May 7, 2026

So it begins... a final big push

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A few items of note. Arcane Arts: Dispatches from the Silver Key went out yesterday, covering heavy metal, sword-and-sorcery (including Karl...
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Saturday, May 2, 2026

Stephen King on REH

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Stephen King had … things to say about Robert E. Howard and sword-and-sorcery.  He mostly liked the former … not so much the latter. If you...
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Brian Murphy
Marketing professional by day; skald in the Hall of Fire by night; and member of the S.H.I.E.L.D.W.A.L.L. Author of Flame and Crimson: A History of Sword-and-Sorcery (2020, Pulp Hero Press). Essayist and reviewer for numerous web and print-based fantasy and sword-and-sorcery publications, including The Cimmerian, Black Gate, Tales from the Magician's Skull, Mythprint, REH: Two-Gun Raconteur, The Dark Man, DMR Blog, Skelos, and SFFaudio.com. Two-time Robert E. Howard Foundation award winner: The Atlantean (Outstanding Achievement/Book for Flame and Crimson) and The Venarium (emerging scholar in REH studies).
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