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

Friday, June 25, 2021

The Dying Earth: A Case for Sword-and-Sorcery

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Check out my latest post up on the blog of Goodman Games... The Dying Earth: A Case for Sword-and-Sorcery . As I told blog editor Bill Ward ...
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Thursday, June 24, 2021

Racism, Robert E. Howard, and historical context

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I don't particularly enjoy discussions about racism and so tend to steer clear of them. As a white dude, I feel like I can shed very lit...
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Monday, June 21, 2021

A look at the new (sword-and-sorcery) man-cave

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One of the few positive by-products of the COVID-19 pandemic was that it finally forced my hand on a new home office. Since vacating the wor...
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Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Flame and Crimson has won the Atlantean award from the Robert E. Howard Foundation

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When I started writing Flame and Crimson in 2014 I had no expectations. I did not think I was worthy of the attempt, nor did I know where i...
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Friday, June 11, 2021

To the memory of Robert E. Howard (Jan. 22, 1906-June 11, 1936)

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Into the west, unknown of man, Ships have sailed since the world began. Read, if you dare, what Skelos wrote, With dead hands fumbling his s...
Friday, June 4, 2021

Battle Beast, "Armageddon Clan"

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I've shown some love to Battle Beast before , in what seems like a lifetime ago (10 years?). This morning while working out "Armage...
Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Bran Mak Morn: The Last King, a few thoughts

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I recently finished a re-read of Bran Mak Morn: The Last King (Del Rey, 2005), inspired by a reading of the Karl Edward Wagner pastiche Leg...
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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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