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

Thursday, January 22, 2026

Happy 120th, REH!

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I live in the northeast. We’re in the middle of a cold snap in the dead of a rougher than usual New England winter and are expecting a huge ...
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Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Happy early birthday, REH: Watch the Foundation video Jan. 21

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Frazetta's frosty take, also a masterpiece. Thursday marks the 120th birthday of Robert E. Howard. For the occasion the Robert E. Howard...
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Sunday, January 18, 2026

JRR Tolkien, "On Fairy Stories"

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"For my part, I cannot convince myself that the roof of Bletchley station is more 'real' than the clouds. And as an artefact I ...
Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Tom Barber memoir, LOTR 25th, and more

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A self-portrait from Tom's wild days in the west... Tom Barber’s Artists, Outlaws & Old Timers My friend Tom Barber has a memoir on ...
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Saturday, January 10, 2026

Jack by Andrew Sinclair, a review

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Andrew Sinclair’s Jack (1977) is my first foray into the biography of a writer I consistently place in my top 10 favorites. I greatly enjoy...
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Friday, January 9, 2026

Computer God, Black Sabbath

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I suspect Paul Kingsnorth isn’t a metal fan but he has an ally in the late Ronnie James Dio.  “Computer God” opens up the vastly underrated...
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Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Neil Peart, six years gone

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Me and Scott (of Scott's thoughts) at the Neil Peart pavillion. Six years ago we lost Neil Peart .  I still remember hearing the news; o...
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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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