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W.H. Pugmire

Born

in The United States

May 03, 1951

Died

March 26, 2019

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Weird Fiction, Poetry

Influences

William Shakespeare, H. P. Lovecraft, Oscar Wilde and Henry James. ...more

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Wilum Hopfrog Pugmire (born William Harry Pugmire, 1951–2019) was a writer of weird fiction and horror fiction based in Seattle, Washington. His works typically were published as W.H. Pugmire (his adopted middle name derives from the story of the same title by Edgar Allan Poe) and his fiction often paid homage to the lore of Lovecraftian horror. Lovecraft scholar and biographer S.T. Joshi described Pugmire as "the prose-poet of the horror/fantasy field; he may be the best prose-poet we have" and as one of the genre's leading Lovecraftian authors.

Wilum lived in Seattle, WA and wrote Cthulhu Mythos fiction full-time. He was the self-proclaimed "Queen of Eldritch Horror". Writing weird fiction was his life, but congestive heart failure slowed ...more

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W.H. Pugmire’s books

Average rating: 3.95 · 10,262 ratings · 1,159 reviews · 121 distinct works • Similar authors

	Bohemios del valle de Sesqua by W.H. Pugmire, Erica Couto-Ferreira (Goodreads Author) (Translator), Rafael Martín Coronel (Illustrator) 3.71 avg rating — 139 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Encounters with Enoch Coffin by W.H. Pugmire, Jeffrey Thomas (Goodreads Author), Santiago Caruso (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.09 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sesqua Valley & Other Haunts by W.H. Pugmire, Augie Wiedemann (Illustrator) 3.91 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Strange Dark One by W.H. Pugmire, Jeffrey Thomas (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.99 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fungal Stain and Other Dreams by W.H. Pugmire, Robert H. Knox (Illustrator) 4.11 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gathered Dust and Others by W.H. Pugmire, M. Wayne Miller (Illustrator) 4.09 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Some Unknown Gulf of Night 4.78 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Uncommon Places: A Collection of Exquisites by W.H. Pugmire, Gwabryel (Illustrator) 4.50 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Weird Inhabitants of Sesqua Valley by W.H. Pugmire, Jeffrey Thomas (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.43 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tangled Muse by W.H. Pugmire, S.T. Joshi (Introduction), Harry O. Morris (Illustrator) 4.65 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by W.H. Pugmire

Tales of Lovecraftian Horror (11 books)
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Jessica Amanda Salmonson,

Kathleen J. Patterson,

Kim L. Neidigh,

Mark Rainey,

Maryanne K. Snyder,

Ralph E. Vaughan (Goodreads Author),

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Quotes by W.H. Pugmire (?)

“She stood with her back to the antique upright mirror where her image, silhouetted by the slight slice of moonlight that filtered through thin curtains, was a nebulous blur. She brought a smell with her, like that of upturned old earth, and he breathed deeply as he sat up in bed and drank her strange allure. ”
― W.H. Pugmire, Encounters with Enoch Coffin

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“Enoch considered the defiance in the painted eyes and the subtle perversion expressed with curling lips, and then he touched a pair of frozen lips as if the smiling portrait might whisper some secret word into his hand. ”
― W.H. Pugmire, Encounters with Enoch Coffin

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“The building was certainly innocuous in appearance, with its clean cream-colored wood and small-paned windows, its balconies and widow’s walk. It looked a perfectly peaceful habitation from the outside, and it wasn’t until one walked into the house that its sinister aspects became discernible. One passed the threshold and walked into a dark domain, a place that breathed of the past with its antique furnishings, its old oak paneling, its dead silence. ”
― W.H. Pugmire, Encounters with Enoch Coffin

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