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, May 27, 2022

Seven weeks off Facebook, a few observations

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Fuck I don’t miss that noise. If you want to get more done—write more, read more, have more meaningful relationships, enjoy a better focus a...
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Wednesday, May 25, 2022

S&S-related updates and news

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A roundup of stuff happening in my favorite subgenre. I won’t be going to Cross Plains, TX for Howard Days after all. I was leaning heavily ...
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Tuesday, May 24, 2022

The fine sounds of a silver stringed bard

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  Ghouls, guitars, and gals... good stuff. My latest essay/review is up on the blog of Tales from the Magician's Skull. Check out The Fa...
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Saturday, May 21, 2022

A rant on the practice of maddening literalism

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I’m not one for rants these days… I try to keep things positive, always, because life is short, and walking around angry is no way to live i...
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Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Conan the Barbarian (1982) at 40

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The barbarian triumphant... and contemplative. My latest post is up on DMR Books. Conan the Barbarian at 40 (can it really have been 40 yea...
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Sunday, May 15, 2022

Everything about this is good (Iron Maidens at Wally's, Hampton Beach)

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This is what we call a 10/10.  I had the pleasure of seeing the Iron Maidens last night at Wally's on Hampton Beach. Yes, this is an all...
Friday, May 13, 2022

Orgasmatron, Motorhead

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I am the one, Orgasmatron, the outstretched grasping hand My image is of agony, my servants rape the land Obsequious and arrogant, clandesti...
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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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