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, May 16, 2023

Glen Lord Symposium panel video up on YouTube

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As noted in my recent writeup of 2023 Robert E. Howard Days , I was asked to present a paper at the Glen Lord Symposium. This is an academic...
Saturday, May 13, 2023

Edge of Thorns, Savatage

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Metal Friday is a day late this week but I'm just getting back from a business trip to Chicago that has me all sorts of out of sorts. 12...

"All truth is relative" is not true

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“All truth is relative.” This comment was posted on a message board I frequent, in a conversation in which I was a part, and the person who ...
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Friday, May 5, 2023

RIP to Canada's finest singer-songwriter, Gordon Lightfoot

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Gordon Lightfoot is probably—nay, definitely—not metal. Not even metal-adjacent.  Yet he is the subject of this Metal Friday. For obvious re...
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Thursday, May 4, 2023

Going Rogue(s) with another 2023 Howard Days recap

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This week I was invited to join the wonderful sword-and-sorcery podcast Rogues in the House to continue the discussion about Robert E. Howar...
Tuesday, May 2, 2023

My Howard Days 2023 haul

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Somewhere under here is a bar... Many amusing escapades and scrapes unfolded during Howard Days 2023, not the least of which was my complete...
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Monday, May 1, 2023

There and back again from Massachusetts to Cross Plains: A recap of 2023 Robert E. Howard Days

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Ken Lizzi, me, and Deuce, on sacred ground. That Saturday morning long ago remains fresh in my mind. The day I stumbled across a hoard of Sa...
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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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