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, November 28, 2019

Of White Dwarf magazine and ruminations on genre fiction

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By the Sacred Jockstrap of Robert E. Howard! Since writing Flame and Crimson I seem to have become hyper-aware of the term “sword-and-...
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Sunday, November 10, 2019

How (and why) I wrote Flame and Crimson

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For those interested in the how and a little behind the why I wrote Flame and Crimson the following is a look behind the curtain. I s...
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Sunday, November 3, 2019

Amra’s roar still echoes in the development of fantasy fiction

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In his The Evolution of Modern Fantasy author Jamie Williamson makes a monster of a claim for the importance of the Lin Carter-edited Balla...
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Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Sword-and-sorcery’s endgame: James Silke’s Prisoner of the Horned Helmet

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Bring it on, Kitzakk Hordes He was a massive horned demon of black metal and sinew graced by golden light, drinking air and holding th...
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Monday, October 14, 2019

Remembering Karl Edward Wagner (1945-1994)

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Kane navigating his skeleton crew. Sword-and-sorcery and horror are bedfellows. The former is fantasy infused with the grit of history...
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Friday, October 4, 2019

Sword-and-sorcery and the problem of Robert E. Howard

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Equating sword-and-sorcery with Robert E. Howard, and Howard alone, is an easy path to start down, and a tempting one to follow to the end...
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Monday, September 30, 2019

Introducing Flame and Crimson: The rise, fall, and rebirth of sword-and-sorcery

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Cover art of Flame and Crimson "Let me live deep while I live; let me know the rich juices of red meat and stinging wine on my pala...
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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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