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, October 31, 2008

Annabel Lee

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By Edgar Allan Poe It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annab...
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Fright Night: 1980s + vampires=fun

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You won't see Fright Night , a semi-obscure, fun little vampire flick from 1986, on many "best of" horror movie lists. Nevert...
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Sunday, October 26, 2008

An American Werewolf in London: Lycanthropy has never been so fun

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"Stay on the road, keep clear of the moors... beware the moon, lads." --Unnamed patron of the Slaughtered Lamb, from An American W...
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

The perverse underbelly of horror: A review of The Lair of the White Worm

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Note: I have a weakness for horror films of all types--good and bad, classic and B-grade, you name it--that the approach of Halloween always...
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Thursday, October 16, 2008

Blood & Thunder: The Life & Art of Robert E. Howard: A review

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The echoes of Robert E. Howard's life can be found in the places where he best lived it--in his copious amount of fiction and verse. An...
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Thursday, October 9, 2008

Some final thoughts on The Lord of the Rings

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As I finish re-reading The Lord of the Rings , I'm reminded that, as an adult, I continue to enjoy this book as much as or even more th...
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Monday, October 6, 2008

"The Scouring of the Shire": Accounting for the price of victory

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“There is no real going back. Though I may come to the Shire, it will not seem the same; for I shall not be the same. I am wounded with knif...
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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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