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, July 30, 2021

Sword-and-sorcery news and happenings

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Some news, happenings and noteworthy occurrences heard on the sword-and-sorcery trail. DMR Books to publish Viking Adventures in August. Ju...
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Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Heavy metal summer

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It’s going to be a metal summer and fall, and man am I excited for what's to come. The great Iron Maiden ( my favorite heavy metal...
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Friday, July 2, 2021

What sword-and-sorcery needs

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I've been seeing some promising signs of a modern day sword-and-sorcery revival, with a growing number of small publishers putting out n...
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Thursday, July 1, 2021

Swords & Shadows kickstarter underway

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In July (starting today, in fact), Dream Tower Media is running a 30-day fundraising campaign to finance issue 4 of Sexy Fantastic magazine:...
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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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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