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

Saturday, December 23, 2023

The Silver Key: 2023 in review

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It’s the tail end of 2023. Another trip round the sun, another year of blogging on The Silver Key. Many things of import happened this year....
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Thursday, December 21, 2023

Feeling like it's time to watch these again

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Have you ever been called home by the clear ringing of silver trumpets? I have. To this book . And to the movies. But it's been a while....
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Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Integrity

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The second in a series about my personal values . Part 1 here . The best definition of integrity is, doing the right thing even when no one ...
Tuesday, December 12, 2023

RIP David Drake

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David Drake has passed away. I’m no Drake scholar and unqualified to evaluate his life and career or the majority of his creative output, in...
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Sunday, December 10, 2023

One million views, and counting

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I passed a quiet milestone a couple weeks ago, of which I was unaware until a recent look at Google analytics data confirmed it. One million...
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Thursday, December 7, 2023

The hellscape of KISS avatars and AI art

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KISS (holograms) love you! KISS just wrapped up a 50-year career in typical KISS fashion. Selling product. Not content to leave the stage wi...
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Monday, October 9, 2023

October reading update

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I set an annual reading goal of 52 books. Which I rarely meet, but it gives me a north star to steer toward. To have any shot of reaching th...
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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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