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, October 28, 2010

The end of Realms of Fantasy begs the question: Too much fantasy on the market?

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This post over on the Cyclopeatron blog closely mirrors my own thoughts on why I think Realms of Fantasy and other magazines in the short ...
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Friday, October 22, 2010

Bruce Dickinson gives Liverpool a lift

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Not that we all didn't know this already, but Bruce Dickinson is arguably the coolest, most accomplished dude on earth. Iron Maiden sin...
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Robert E. Howard: A New Manifesto

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We expect responsibility and accountability on your part. We are not interested in your grand pronouncement on a subject which has yet to be...
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Thursday, October 14, 2010

Zombieland: Bringing the fun, and a few rules to live by

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Like most horror fans, I love zombie movies because they’re fun, gory, and suspenseful. I find the survivalist angle intriguing, too (I ofte...
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Thursday, October 7, 2010

Sipping from a fresh draught of Dandelion Wine

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I’ve mentioned before that I find genre categories useful. They help me to frame discussions about books and are a handy tool when I want t...
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Saturday, October 2, 2010

Stupid, fat The Hobbit reporter!

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Title of post copyright Gollum. Courtesy of my friend Falze, this story from Yahoo Movies : "Peter Jackson Running Into Union Trouble o...
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Thursday, September 30, 2010

Back with some Blind Guardian

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Whew, it's been a long week-plus. I just returned from a business trip to Orlando. Prior to that I was banging out yet another high scho...
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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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