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 16, 2023

Neither Beg Nor Yield, and other S&S developments

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Keith Taylor was one of the most talented authors to come out of the “second wave” of sword-and-sorcery in the mid-late 70s. Upon a re-read ...
Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Cormac McCarthy, 1933-2023

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I want to be with you. You cant. Please. You cant. You have to carry the fire. I dont know how to. Yes you do. Is it real? The fire? Yes it...
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Sunday, June 4, 2023

Blog slowdown/cryptic book announcement/life news

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It’s happening again. I’m afraid the blog is going to slow down quite a bit in the coming months. But for good reason. I’ve not only started...
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Friday, May 26, 2023

A week of endings

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Libby with her coach, Todd Ruland. This is a week of endings. My daughter Libby ran her last race yesterday. She finished her high school tr...
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You Must Change Your Life

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Do yourself a favor and listen to t his episode of Weird Studies with hosts Phil Ford and J.F. Martel . I don’t know what it was about preci...
Friday, May 19, 2023

If Heaven is Hell, Tokyo Blade

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I was too young to appreciate the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (aka., NWOBHM, love that fucking acronym) back when it washed up on Americ...
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...
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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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