W. H. Pugmire

Quick Facts

Full Name	W. H. Pugmire
Occupation	Writer
Date Of Birth	May 3, 1951(1951-05-03)
Age	73
Date Of Death	March 26, 2019, Seattle, WA
Birthplace	United States
Country	United States
Horoscope	Taurus

W. H. Pugmire Biography

W. H. Pugmire is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on May 3, 1951 in United States, United States.

Wilum Hopfrog Pugmire (born William Harry Pugmire; May 3, 1951 – March 26, 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 has described Pugmire as “the prose-poet of the horror/fantasy field; he may be the best prose-poet we have,” and “perhaps the leading Lovecraftian author writing today.”

When a student at Franklin High School and into the 1970s he played vampire ‘Count Pugsly’ at Jones’ Fantastic Museum in Seattle, a character based on the look of Lon Chaney’s vampire in London After Midnight. Issue #69 of Forrest J Ackerman’s Famous Monsters of Filmland featured a dedication to Pugmire in his ‘Count Pugsly’ guise. In the documentary film The AckerMonster Chronicles!, Pugmire described how he was influenced by Ackerman’s magazine and showed the audience the issue in which his photo appeared.

W. H. Pugmire Net Worth

W. H. Pugmire is one of the richest Writer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, W. H. Pugmire 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Born May 3, 1951, to a father active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints and a Jewish mother, Pugmire grew up in Seattle. Following one year in college, he served as a Mormon missionary in Omagh, Northern Ireland for eighteen months, where he corresponded with Robert Bloch and first began writing fiction. After returning from his Mormon mission in 1973, Pugmire came out as gay to the church, was given psychiatric treatment, and requested excommunication, which lasted for about 25 years. Pugmire’s lover of many years, Todd, died in his arms from a heroin overdose in March 1995. In the early 2000s, he reconnected with the church and was rebaptized, telling the church’s leadership that he would be a “totally queer Mormon, but celibate.” He described himself as an eccentric recluse, “the Queen of Eldritch Horror,” and a “punk rock queen and street transvestite”.

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Asimov’s Science Fiction magazine, in their review of Sesqua Valley and Other Haunts, stated that “Pugmire’s devotion to his sources transcends mere pastiche, and his style is neither overwrought nor too sparse.” Publishers Weekly, reviewing Uncommon Places: A Collection of Exquisites, said that readers “with an appetite for the weird and the decadent will find Pugmire’s work a rich confection.” The site’s review of Monstrous Aftermath: Stories in the Lovecraft Tradition, stated that “horror fans fond of baroque prose” should enjoy the collection, noting “a knack for injecting gallows humor”, but adding that those “looking for memorable plots and vivid characterizations … will have to look elsewhere.” The New York Review of Science Fiction’s review of The Tangled Muse stated that Pugmire’s writing revealed “a mastery of language and vocabulary that brings to mind the work of Clark Ashton Smith”, noting a “distinct homoerotic theme or undercurrent that is neither gratuitous nor inconsistent but rather genuine and often central to characterization and storytelling.”

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William Ranked on the list of most popular Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. W. H. Pugmire celebrates birthday on May 3 of every year.