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

Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Piecing together Poul Anderson's The Broken Sword

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My review/revisit/recap/love letter to Anderson's magnificent 1954 novel is up on the blog of Tales from the Magician's Skull. Check...
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Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Raging against Twitter and the dying of the written word

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“Does anyone go sit down and read an entire blog post anymore? Most people aren’t going to go read an entire 500 word blog.” These sentences...
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Friday, November 18, 2022

Sea of Red

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Late Judas Priest, off their most recent studio album, Firepower. Hits me right in the melancholia/nostalgia sweet spot, remembering those w...
Thursday, November 17, 2022

Truth

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I’m almost 50 and still don’t really know who I am, and at turns, what the fuck I’m doing. Outwardly I’m successful. Married. Two children. ...
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Sunday, November 6, 2022

An observation about heavy metal and sword-and-sorcery

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Blue Cheer and Deep Purple = Lord Dunsany and James Branch Cabell Black Sabbath = Robert E. Howard Judas Priest and Iron Maiden = Fritz Leib...
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Friday, November 4, 2022

The Clansman, Iron Maiden

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Still riding an Iron Maiden high after seeing the Boys from Britain last week, and so I figured I'm due for another shot of Maiden in th...
Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Post Halloween roundup: The Willows, mysterious writing projects, and other news and ephemera

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I carved this! Thanks template. I always feel a bit sad when the pumpkin candles burn out and I turn off the porch light on Halloween. My fa...
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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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