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, June 29, 2012

A review of Iron Maiden at the Comcast Center in Mansfield, MA

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My apologies for the delay in posting a review of Iron Maiden at the Comcast Center in Mansfield, MA. The morning after the show, groggy fro...
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Monday, June 25, 2012

Metal Friday Special Edition: Maiden Countdown, "Killers"

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Imagine it's 1981 and you're a member of Iron Maiden. Your lead singer, Paul Di'Anno, has just left/been kicked out of the band,...
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Saturday, June 23, 2012

The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories 11, a review

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From 1975 to 1988 Daw books published The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories , an anthology edited initially by Lin Carter and later by Arthur W....
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Friday, June 22, 2012

Metal Friday Special Edition: Maiden Countdown, "The Clairvoyant"

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Continuing my countdown to the Maiden England tour (holy shit--it's only four days away), today I pause to recognize and celebrate the g...
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Thursday, June 21, 2012

Q&A With Tolkien and the Great War Author John Garth on Michael Martinez’ Middle-earth website

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As a subscriber to the Mythsoc listserv I was very grateful to find a link from Michael Martinez—proprietor of the fine Middle-earth.xen...
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Friday, June 15, 2012

Metal Friday Special Edition: Maiden Countdown. "The Evil That Men Do"

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Wow, it's hard to believe that it's only 11 days until Iron Maiden plays the Comcast Center in Mansfield, MA . Look for a heavy rota...
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Thursday, June 14, 2012

Optimistic literature vs. GrimDark

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Presented without comment: He bent down, scratched the black dirt into his fingers. He was beginning to warm to it; the words were beginni...
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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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