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, July 8, 2025

The Power of Myth, Joseph Campbell; a review

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“Myths formulate things for you. They say, for example, that you have to become an adult at a particular age. The age might be a good averag...
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Friday, July 4, 2025

War Pigs, Judas Priest

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Easy call this Metal Friday. A fantastic Judas Priest tribute to the great Black Sabbath, who are playing their final show this weekend. Gle...
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Thursday, July 3, 2025

The Shining Wire

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They knew well enough what was happening. But even to themselves they pretended that all was well, for the food was good, they were protecte...
Wednesday, July 2, 2025

S&S publishing news: Plunder-a-plenty

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Lots of swords, lots of sorcery going on. My friend Ken Lizzi, one of the dudes with whom I split a house rental at 2023 Robert E. Howard Da...
Tuesday, June 24, 2025

More generative AI harm

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The result I was anticipating has occurred. A Federal California Judge today ruled in favor of AI giant Anthropic, stating that the company’...
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Monday, June 23, 2025

A little piece of Howard Days wends its way home: God's Blade

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One of the cool things you encounter attending Howard Days are many bits of Howard and Howard-adjacent ephemera fans bring to the silent auc...
Friday, June 20, 2025

"Powerslave," Iron Maiden

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Iron Maiden is so damned good and has so many damned good songs that I can't listen to them neutrally. I've lost track of the number...
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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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