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 24, 2022

Top Gun: Maverick, a review

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From Mustangs to modernity... looking forward, and back. I had more fun watching Top Gun: Maverick than I had any right to. I trekked to the...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Whetstone #5: A review

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Where do new sword-and-sorcery authors go to test their mettle in the arena, seeking glory (or at least, companionship with fellow brothers ...
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Sunday, June 19, 2022

A lucky man this Father's Day

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The Murphy Clan. These tasted as good as they look. My old man is 78 years old and not in the best of health, but today he was doing OK and ...
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Friday, June 17, 2022

Lin Carter: Enthusiast of the Fantastic

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My latest post for the blog of Tales from the Magician's Skull is up: Lin Carter: Enthusiast of the Fantastic. The world needs more Lin ...
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Thursday, June 16, 2022

On staying in and weaving out of reading lanes, and Stephen King’s Christine

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Feel the fury, of a possessed 1958 Plymouth Fury My reading often keeps me in a well-worn, familiar travel lane.  That lane is, broadly, fan...
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Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Thune's Vision/Schuyler Hernstrom

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I love this cover... weird and trippy, violence beneath, like the contents. DMR Books/Dave Ritzlin has published my review of Thune's Vi...
Tuesday, June 14, 2022

S&S updates: Scaling the walls of Venarium, and assorted essays

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A couple updates from my corner of S&S fandom. I’m psyched/pumped/jacked to announce that I was honored with the Venarium award from the...
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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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