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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: digest

January 1954 issue ~ cover art by Ed Emshwiller

January 1954

cover art by Ed Emshwiller

Posted on September 24, 2025September 23, 2025Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, mystery, pulp, whodunnitTags agatha christie, ed emshwiller, ellery queen's mystery magazine, georges simenon, oscar schisgall, prison break, q. patrick, thomas burkeLeave a comment on January 1954 issue ~ cover art by Ed Emshwiller

February 1958 issue ~ cover art by Carl Pfeuffer

February 1958

cover art by Carl Pfeuffer

Posted on September 18, 2025August 27, 2025Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, original art, paperbackTags art crockett, carl pfeuffer, george wilson, joe dunn, sure fire detective storiesLeave a comment on February 1958 issue ~ cover art by Carl Pfeuffer

August 1959 issue ~ cover art by Ray Houlihan

August 1959

cover art by Ray Houlihan

Posted on September 17, 2025August 27, 2025Categories digest, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags manhunt digest, neil boardman, ovid demaris, ray houlihanLeave a comment on August 1959 issue ~ cover art by Ray Houlihan

February 1957 issue ~ cover art by Will Husley

February 1957

cover art by Will Husley

Posted on September 16, 2025August 27, 2025Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags bound, day keene, harlan ellison, mal manors, terror detective story magazine, will hulsey, woman with a gunLeave a comment on February 1957 issue ~ cover art by Will Husley

August 1960 issue

August 1960

Posted on September 11, 2025August 27, 2025Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags fletcher flora, glenn canary, hal ellson, manhunt magazine, robert wallsten, woman with a gunLeave a comment on August 1960 issue

May 1947 issue

May 1947 issue

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 10, 2025September 10, 2025Categories anthology, crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, mystery, short story collectionTags carlyn coffin, christopher lafarge, cornell woolrich, dagger, freeman wills crofts, john collier, luke faust, rex stout's mystery monthly, thomas burke, vincent starrettLeave a comment on May 1947 issue

Up Jumped the Devil x 3

1943 Reynal hardcover

1944 Handi-Book digest

1950 Signet paperback reissue, retitled Murder All Over

cover art by Ray Johnson

3rd book with private eye Rex McBride

Posted on September 9, 2025August 16, 2025Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, hardcover, paperback, pulpTags cleve f. adams, demon, devil, dice, handi-book paperback, ray johnson, reynal hardcover, signet paperback, skeletonsLeave a comment on Up Jumped the Devil x 3

July 1958 issue ~ cover art by M.E. Sherwood

July 1958

cover art by M. E. Sherwood

Posted on September 2, 2025August 16, 2025Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, original art, pulpTags dagger, jay marshall, lawrence block, m.e. sherwood, mike lifton, sure fire detective stories, venetian blindsLeave a comment on July 1958 issue ~ cover art by M.E. Sherwood

May 1960 issue ~ cover art by Carl Pfeuffer

May 1960

cover art by Carl Pfeuffer

Posted on September 2, 2025August 16, 2025Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, original art, pulp, spicyTags bound, carl pfeuffer, dagger, don unatin, edward hoch, leslie g. sabo, off beat detective storiesLeave a comment on May 1960 issue ~ cover art by Carl Pfeuffer

June 1961 issue ~ cover art by Don Sutton

June 1961

cover art by Don Sutton

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 30, 2025August 8, 2025Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags david dwyer, don sutton, don tothe, herbert kastle, lugar, manhunt magazine, martin suto, robert page jones, woman with a gunLeave a comment on June 1961 issue ~ cover art by Don Sutton

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