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

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

An ode to Dazed and Confused, and days gone by

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When cars were cars...  Whoo-man, I just watched Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused (1993) last night, and experienced an intense...
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Saturday, April 18, 2020

Back to the basement: COVID-19 and my home gym revolution

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I love my Rogue R-3. COVID-19 was the final push I needed to invest in a home gym, and now that I’ve got a taste of working out in the...
Saturday, April 11, 2020

Some notes on Tarnsman of Gor, Outlaw of Gor

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A yoked Tarl Cabot beneath the haughty gaze of Lara, Tatrix of Tharna. Bondage!  Daring admission: I am reading John Norman’s contro...
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Friday, April 3, 2020

1917 film review

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Hell on Earth (but well done Hell). 1917 had been in my “to watch” queue for a long time (aka, floating around in the back of my mind), ...
Thursday, April 2, 2020

More Flame and Crimson reviews, Victory or Valhalla!

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For those that might not know him, David C. Smith is the author of several works of sword-and-sorcery from "back in the day," perh...
Wednesday, March 25, 2020

COVID-19 diaries and Haggard’s The Wanderer’s Necklace

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Yes my work desk is a bar. First world problem. It has been an interesting last couple weeks living in the shadow of COVID-19. My compan...
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Monday, March 16, 2020

This, and that, and Black Gate

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I haven't felt much like posting or writing these days. Coronavirus/COVID-19 has got me down, to the point where I'm expecting the a...
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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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