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

Saturday, January 30, 2021

Of Heady Topper and the craft brewery revolution

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The OG, Heady Topper. I expend a lot of digital ink on The Silver Key writing about how my eyes were opened to a new kind of fantasy when I ...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Kothar!

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  By Dwalka! This was a fortune to make a man mad. Gardner Fox is far and away my favorite pastiche author. I love his Kothar and Kyrik book...
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Sunday, January 24, 2021

A review of Tolkien (2019)

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I’m currently on a J.R.R. Tolkien kick, having finished both a re-read of The Lord of the Rings and a re-read of Humphrey Carpenter’s outst...
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Friday, January 22, 2021

Happy 115th, REH

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On the occasion of what would have been the 115th birthday of Robert E. Howard (had he had the blood of Numenor in his veins, and had not tr...
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Wednesday, January 20, 2021

The Great Debate: The Letters of H.P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard

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My latest post for Goodman Games/Tales from the Magician's Skull is up. Check it out here . My greatest challenge with this post was to ...
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Monday, January 18, 2021

Swords Against Darkness: Heyday of sword-and-sorcery

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.My favorite cover goes to vol 4, I'm digging the mounted barbarian and skulls. On the back is a wicked wyrm.   Today's entry is the...
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Saturday, January 16, 2021

Tolkien the barbarian

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I recently finished a re-read of The Lord of the Rings , which inspired me to revisit Humphrey Carpenter's authorized biography of JRRT....
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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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