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

Thursday, November 21, 2024

Immaculate Scoundrels by John Fultz, a review

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An immaculate cover. When it appears in sword-and-sorcery anthologies, John Fultz is a name that I look forward to reading. Why? His “Chivan...
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Friday, November 15, 2024

Start the Fire, Metal Church

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Metal Friday returns with simple, hard-driving metal. Metal Church and "Start the Fire," off The Dark (1986). Nothing subtle abou...
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Monday, November 11, 2024

A review of Iron Maiden, Nov. 9 2024, Prudential Center, Newark New Jersey

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Me, Scott, and $22 beer. Last week I was hanging out with some younger colleagues at a work retreat, and a few expressed amazement to learn ...
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Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Rest in peace, Paul Di'Anno

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He's running free... Punk music bloomed in the mid 1970s and by the end of the decade had permeated the popular culture. Just as Iron Ma...
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Saturday, October 19, 2024

Stephen King's The Shining, book and film

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I’m a big fan of The Shining , book and film. Both work really well, for slightly different reasons. My grandfather owned this edition. I en...
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Friday, October 11, 2024

More (mediocre) content is not better than no content: A rant

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Once in a while you’ve got to let off some steam ( Bennett) . For most, that means punching a heavy bag, screaming into a pillow, maybe goin...
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Thursday, October 3, 2024

The haunting season is here, in Lovecraft Country

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Heading to a trail behind my home, in Essex County. "It is the night-black Massachusetts legendary which packs the really macabre '...
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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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