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 26, 2010

A pause in programming

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Note to passers-by: I won't be posting to The Silver Key for a good week or so--I'm taking a vacation (internet-free) with the famil...
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Thursday, June 24, 2010

Top 10 fantasy fiction battles: Camlann

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1. Battle of Camlann , from various sources Many a spear was thrust and splintered, Many a stern word spoken; Many a sword was hacked and be...
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Monday, June 21, 2010

Top 10 fantasy fiction battles: Ragnarök

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2. Ragnarök , from various sources We will give our lives and let our world be destroyed, but we will battle so that these evil powers will ...
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Friday, June 18, 2010

Of Cimmerian awards and REH-related writings

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One of these years I need to make it out to Cross Plains, Texas for Howard Days. It's an annual gathering of Howard-heads at the old Ho...
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Top 10 fantasy fiction battles: The Battle of Thermopylae

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3. Gates of Fire , Steven Pressfield Battle of Thermopylae "Answer this, Alexandros. When our countrymen triumph in battle, what is it ...
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Sunday, June 13, 2010

Top 10 fantasy fiction battles: At last, the final, bloody three

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After a lengthy and rather inexcusable hiatus, I’m finally bringing my Top 10 Fantasy Fiction Battles series to its savage, bloody conclusi...
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Wednesday, June 9, 2010

The eternal appeal of the life and works of Robert E. Howard

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Although The Cimmerian’s days are numbered, the legacy and works of Robert E. Howard will live on and on. The TC print journal and its acco...
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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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