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, January 30, 2020

I've come around--Blaze Bayley is pretty awesome

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I'll admit it, I more or less bailed on Iron Maiden in the mid-late 1990s. Metal in general appeared to be tipping into obscurity. Grung...
Tuesday, January 28, 2020

The Evolution of Modern Fantasy

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For anyone interested, I submitted a detailed review of Jamie Williamson's fine book The Evolution of Modern Fantasy over at DMR Blog. ...
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Saturday, January 25, 2020

Some more Tom Barber art

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Sent to me via email and reposted here with his permission. This first could/should be on the cover of a Dungeons and Dragons supplement. ...
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Wednesday, January 22, 2020

A salute to Christopher Tolkien and Robert E. Howard

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An important date and some notable news to acknowledge this week. Christopher Tolkien, youngest son of J.R.R. Tolkien and his literary...
Monday, January 20, 2020

Tom Barber's book is worth a look

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If Flame and Crimson sells more than five copies, it will be in no small part due to its awesome Tom Barber cover art. Tom of course is ...
Thursday, January 16, 2020

Flame and Crimson now available on Amazon

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/1683902440 . That there is a book. If you like sword-and-sorcery literature, Robert E. Howard, Conan the Barbari...
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Saturday, January 11, 2020

Farewell to a King

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It always hurts, losing a piece of your past. Although you might have never met them, the passing of an artist that formed such a large ...
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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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