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

Saturday, June 27, 2026

The Myth of Progress

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I am a big fan of modern medicine. I like my car, I need electricity, I even (mostly) enjoy the internet. I could do without my television …...
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Thursday, June 25, 2026

Missives from Highland Lake

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I'm up at the family cottage on Highland Lake this week, enjoying some sorely needed PTO. I did get out an issue of Arcane Arts, which y...
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Friday, June 19, 2026

100 Metal Fridays + In My Darkest Hour

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My 100th Metal Friday post! A few observations. Most featured band: Judas Priest (14 appearances).  Others with multiple appearances: Iron M...
Wednesday, June 17, 2026

A History of Heavy Metal (Arcane Arts excerpt)

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Unfortunate cover blurb. (Note: The following is the lead item in this week's Arcane Arts. I also cover REH, Jane Yolen, 70s horror, an...
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Friday, June 12, 2026

"Medusa," Anthrax

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I was driving my John Deere around my lawn last weekend... cutting the grass of course, not just driving it around, though just driving arou...
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Monday, June 8, 2026

Smith and the Pharaohs and Other Stories: A Review

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Say one thing of H. Rider Haggard: Say he wrote with range . When we think of Haggard, we typically think of the man who gave us King Solomo...
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Thursday, June 4, 2026

News about thews, and more

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Some cool stuff you should know about. I made the marquee, not an "& Others"! I mentioned in a previous issue of Arcane Arts t...
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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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