Monday, June 11, 2012

Hopfrog Pugmire

Continuing on the subject of authors I admire, I encourage those of you who relish Lovecraft, Poe, CA Smith, Chambers,and the decadents, to seek out and read Wilum Pugmire. An underground author for many years, he has deservedly begun to emerge from the shadows and gain wider recognition. His style is opulent and redolent with dream imagery that while an acquired taste for the uninitiated is addicting in its effect. I consider him an important figure in the fields of modern horror and the weird. He is also among the kindest souls working today, which makes his continued ascendance all the more gratifying.

WP's collection, The Tangled Muse, is upon us from Centipede:

The Tangled Muse
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The Tangled Muse

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A large, 456-page collection of the best stories, prose poems, and essays of Wilum H. Pugmire, a highly regarded author of Lovecraftian fiction. Loaded with color and black and white illustrations, including many in color by famed symbolist Jean Delville, it also includes a new introduction by weird fiction scholar S. T. Joshi. Presented in a narrow format and beautifully...more
Hardcover, 456 pages
Published August 2nd 2011 by Centipede Press (first published November 1st 2010)
 
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  1. Thank you, Laird! Coming from the writer I consider the finest since Ligotti, this is praise indeed. I love being a ghoul of ye Underground, an acquir'd appetite. But praise from those I so admire is delicious, delicious.

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