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

Sunday, May 31, 2020

Talking sword-and-sorcery with Robert Zoltan

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Today I recorded an episode of the Literary Wonder and Adventure podcast with host Robert Zoltan (aka, Robert Szeles). It was an enjoyable, ...
Friday, May 22, 2020

Remembering my friend, and Dungeon Master, Rick Langtry

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Three years ago I lost my friend Rick Langtry to cancer. Rick was a guy that readers of this blog would have liked—a fan of fantasy fictio...
Saturday, May 16, 2020

Remembering Ronnie James Dio

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Voice of an angel (and a demon). The great Ronnie James Dio. Can it really be 10 years since Ronnie James Dio fled the circles of the wo...
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Thursday, May 14, 2020

Sword-and-sorcery: A divergent path of the hero’s journey

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Hey, this hero is made up of a thousand faces... I see what they did there. The following are some ramblings and observations conceived ...
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Friday, May 8, 2020

My "new" Frank Frazetta post up on DMR blog

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If you're interested in my latest ramblings, head over to DMR Blog to read " A Savage Strength: A Tribute to the Muscular Art of Fr...
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Saturday, May 2, 2020

The balance

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In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic the argument rages: Freedom of the individual vs. accountability to society. Pick your side in a bin...
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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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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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