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, July 31, 2009

Hrolf Kraki in the Guardian

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As a longtime proponent of Poul Anderson's Hrolf Kraki's Saga , I was pleased today to see a review of this fine but mostly forgotte...
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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Cimmerian sighting: King Arthur film to get 300 treatment

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Ain’t It Cool News is reporting that comic book writer/novelist Warren Ellis is currently working on a script for a King Arthur movie that ...
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Review: How the Irish Saved Civilization

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While Rome and its ancient empire faded from memory and a new, illiterate Europe rose on its ruins, a vibrant, literary culture was blooming...
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Thursday, July 23, 2009

Cimmerian sighting: Will World War Z translate to the screen?

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War and zombies are two of my favorite subjects. So it should come as no surprise that Max Brooks’ terrific tale of the zombie war that near...
Monday, July 20, 2009

A scare from the deep mists of time: Monster Tales

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Were you ever seized by the intoxicating memory of reading a much-loved book as a child, only to despair that you'd never remember the t...
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Thursday, July 16, 2009

Heroic Fantasy Quarterly issue #1 debuts!

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Action, bloodletting, foul magic, swordplay, and epic poetry are all featured in the debut issue of Heroic Fantasy Quarterly , now available...
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Highwayman: With more songs like this, I might be a country fan

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I was a highwayman Along the coach roads I did ride With sword and pistol by my side Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade Many a ...
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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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