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, August 30, 2024

Of artistry, addiction, and self-discovery: Forthcoming memoir of fantasy artist Tom Barber

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Tom Barber at the canvas. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art...
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Friday, August 23, 2024

Can you separate the art from the artist?

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The Graveyard Book and American Gods are good books. Both before Neil Gaiman became embroiled in the current controversy … and after.  Tha...
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Sunday, August 18, 2024

Hither Came Conan; A Review

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Also a winner of The Valusian Award from the Robert E. Howard Foundation. Robert E. Howard Days was wonderful for many reasons , but among t...
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Thursday, August 15, 2024

The Battle of Evermore and the timeless nature of fantasy

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(early metal-ish Friday) That it is told in the language of fantasy is not an accident, or because Tolkien was an escapist, or because he wa...
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Monday, August 5, 2024

A review of Metallica, August 2nd 2024, Gillette Stadium

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Nosebleed seats but what a view! Metallica isn’t the best heavy metal band on the planet (that would be Iron Maiden or Judas Priest, take yo...
Friday, July 26, 2024

Orion, Metallica

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My metal summer continues, and so Metal Friday continues, with Metallica.  "Orion" oozes nostalgia and loss, which I'm possibl...
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Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Treasure Island and the powerful call to adventure

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It’s been a busy last month or so. Mostly in a good way, with some PTO combined with some busy times at work. But that means my writing has ...
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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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