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

Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Night Winds blowing for Karl Edward Wagner, Kane

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My latest post is up on the blog of Tales from the Magician's Skull: ( Night) Winds Blowing for Kane--Toward a Karl Edward Wagner reviva...
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Monday, December 19, 2022

2022 in review

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2022 is just about in the books. Gosh, this was a good year for me professionally. After more than 17 years with the same company I changed ...
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Friday, December 16, 2022

Theater of Salvation, Edguy

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Today a sprawling, epic track. 12:22 in length, but awesome the whole way through. Incredibly inspired near-masterpiece by the underrated Ed...
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Thursday, December 15, 2022

Plant a seed today, it may bear fruit tomorrow.

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Recently I attended my daughter’s season-ending cross country banquet. Libby is a senior captain, and so was one of four girls who gave a sp...
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Friday, December 9, 2022

Manilla Road, "Flaming Metal Systems"

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Damn, I wish I had discovered these dudes decades ago when they were at their peak circa Crystal Logic or thereabouts, and Mark "The S...
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Sunday, December 4, 2022

Your critics aren’t in the arena. Ignore them.

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Here’s something I’ve learned from decades of publishing. When you are a writer (or podcaster, or visual artist) with something to say, you ...
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Friday, December 2, 2022

"Thunder Road," Judas Priest

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Point of Entry is not a beloved Judas Priest album. In fact, most view it as a stumbling block in between the off-the-charts iconic brillian...
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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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