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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

August 1953 issue

August 1953

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 6, 2025November 2, 2025Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags craig rice, donald hamilton, ed mcbain, evan hunter, fredric brown, james m. cain, manhunt detective story monthly, richard ellingtonLeave a comment on August 1953 issue

November 1960 issue ~ cover art by Carl Pfeuffer

November 1960 issue

better image than previously posted

cover art by Carl Pfeuffer

Posted on November 6, 2025November 2, 2025Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, pulp, spicyTags bob shields, bound, carl pfeuffer, dagger, dungeon, jim arthur, off beat detective stories, w.e. morseLeave a comment on November 1960 issue ~ cover art by Carl Pfeuffer

1952 Falcon digest – cover art by Howell Dodd

cover art by Howell Dodd

1952 Falcon digest

Posted on October 8, 2025September 25, 2025Categories digest, Hardboiled, original art, pulpTags bryce walton, dame, falcon digest, femme fatale, fire escape, howell doddLeave a comment on 1952 Falcon digest – cover art by Howell Dodd

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

cover repurposed from February 1957 issue

better image than previously posted

[post updated 9/28/26]

Posted on September 17, 2025September 28, 2026Categories digest, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags 87th precinct, ed mcbain, 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, 2025May 11, 2026Categories 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

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