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Back in 2013, our tumblr site was started and ran until 2018, when they decided it was too "adult" - too lurid, supposedly. We followed the exodus to newtumbl and four years of dedication vanished in June of 2023. That work was not only new posts but upgrades of hundreds of old tumblr posts as well. So far, there has been no way to rescue those posts, so this will be the third version of this project. And, I'll warn you in advance, I may slip in covers that are not crime or mystery but just because I like the artwork. Enjoy!

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Category: crime fiction

March 1950 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

March 1950

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 9, 2025May 8, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags day keene, new detective magazine, norman saunders, venetian blinds, william campbell gault, william r. coxLeave a comment on March 1950 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

September 1950 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

September 1950 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

Posted on May 8, 2025Categories crime fiction, hardcover, magazine, mystery, pulpTags day keene, dime detective magazine, don james, edward parrish ware, john d. macdonald, michael morgan, norman saunders, robert carlton, train fiction, william tennLeave a comment on September 1950 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

July 1946 issue ~ cover art by Albert Drake

July 1946

cover art by Albert Drake

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 8, 2025April 14, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags 10-story detective magazine, albert drake, bomb, ken lewis, nitroLeave a comment on July 1946 issue ~ cover art by Albert Drake

October 1, 1938 issue ~ cover art by Emmett Watson

October 1, 1938

cover art by Emmett Watson

Posted on May 8, 2025April 26, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bomb, cornell woolrich, dale clark, detective fiction weekly, edwin truett, emmett watson, flynn'sLeave a comment on October 1, 1938 issue ~ cover art by Emmett Watson

October 1946 issue

October 1946

cover art attributed to Albert Drake

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 8, 2025April 28, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags albert drake, day keene, detective tales magazine, don james, grenade, henry norton, robert c. dennis, w.t. ballardLeave a comment on October 1946 issue

June 1948 issue

June 1948

cover art by Albert Drake

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 8, 2025April 28, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags albert drake, bomb, call box, day keene, detective tales magazine, don james, francis k. allan, g.t. fleming-roberts, john d. macdonald, russell branch, talmage powell, TNTLeave a comment on June 1948 issue

February 1953 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

February 1953

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 4, 2025April 26, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective tales magazine, larry holden, line-up, norman saundersLeave a comment on February 1953 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

June 22, 1940 issue ~ cover art by Emmett Watson

June 22, 1940

cover art by Emmett Watson

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 4, 2025April 20, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags c.v. tench, cornell woolrich, detective fiction weekly, emmett watson, flynn'sLeave a comment on June 22, 1940 issue ~ cover art by Emmett Watson

1957 Gold Medal paperback original – cover art by Barye Phillips

1957 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by Barye Phillips

October 04, 2013

Posted on May 3, 2025April 19, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags gold medal paperback, p.j. reed-marr, women in prisonLeave a comment on 1957 Gold Medal paperback original – cover art by Barye Phillips

Winter 1948 issue

Winter 1948

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 3, 2025April 26, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective mystery novel magazine, will oursler, women in prisonLeave a comment on Winter 1948 issue

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