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, December 30, 2020

Closing the door on 2020, and a look ahead

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That was a year to remember, no? 2020 will go down as a year many will look back upon in horror, or choose to forget and move on from, but I...
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Saturday, December 26, 2020

Tom Moldvay/Basic D&D "Inspirational Source Material" vs. Appendix N

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Gary Gygax’s Appendix N has been the recipient of much analysis, praise, scrutiny, and exploration. With Appendix N Gygax provided a roadmap...
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Wednesday, December 23, 2020

What I've read to date, in 2020

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I keep a relatively modest goal of reading one book a week, about 52 books in a year. I wish I could increase that total, but between work, ...
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Monday, December 14, 2020

The Last Wolf, a review

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If you are a fan of Karl Edward Wagner’s Kane, or his horror fiction—or even if you’re only mildly interested in Wagner but have a broader i...
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Friday, December 11, 2020

The Last Wolf is out

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I'm really looking forward to this new documentary on Karl Edward Wagner. "The Last Wolf" has been some time in the making by ...
Wednesday, December 9, 2020

The Long Ships, Frans Bengtsson (or, what a year was 1954)

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I have this very edition. I’m not sure what was in the water in 1954, but can we have a little bit more of that, please? That fabled year ...
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Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Where to start with Karl Edward Wagner's Kane

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My latest essay can be found over on the Goodman Games website. " Where to Start with Karl Edward Wagner's Kane " is my first ...
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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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