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, March 31, 2023

En Force, Queensryche

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The Warning ... feels a little more prescient every day. We plead for the signs, give us a second chance In hopes it will stifle the fear Th...
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Thursday, March 30, 2023

One month until Howard Days

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This one escaped the pyre... One month until Howard days…anticipation is building. A couple recent items of note as the clock counts down to...
Monday, March 27, 2023

Contemporary sword-and-sorcery: 2023 reading updates

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A "striking" cover (<=see what I did there?) This year I am trying to add more contemporary sword-and-sorcery into my reading. ...
Thursday, March 23, 2023

Why (Human Generated) Sword-and-Sorcery?

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Fuck you asshole... I'm here to write your sword-and-sorcery Wherein I rage against the machine. Check it out here, on the blog of DMR B...
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Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Eternity in a loon tattoo

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Earlier this month my older daughter Hannah turned 21; today my younger daughter Libby turned 18. I don't have kids anymore, I've go...
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Sunday, March 19, 2023

Cross Plains Chronicle: Less than six weeks to go

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Hither Came Conan... and thither I go, to Cross Plains The Cross Plains countdown continues … less than six weeks until events kick off at R...
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Friday, March 17, 2023

Iron Maiden, "Stranger in a Strange Land"

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Iron Maiden is perhaps my favorite metal band of all time. "Stranger in a Strange Land" is perhaps my favorite Iron Maiden song. W...
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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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