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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: fantasy

December 1927 debut issue

December 1927

Posted on January 12, 2024December 17, 2023Categories fantasy, horror fiction, magazine, pulp, weird fictionTags ghosts, goblins, howard thurston, tales of magic and mystery magazineLeave a comment on December 1927 debut issue

September 1930 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

September 1930

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Posted on January 4, 2024December 17, 2023Categories fantasy, horror fiction, magazine, pulpTags demon, ghost stories magazine, ghoul, rafael desotoLeave a comment on September 1930 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

April 1941 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

April 1941

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on December 9, 2023December 5, 2023Categories adventure, fantasy, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicyTags bound, h.j. ward, hunchback, laboratory, mad scientist, robert leslie bellem, science fiction, spicy-adventure storiesLeave a comment on April 1941 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

November 1937 issue ~ cover art by Margaret Brundage

November 1937

cover art by Margaret Brundage

Posted on December 9, 2023December 6, 2023Categories fantasy, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, weird fictionTags bound, margaret brundage, peacock, racist imagery, seabury quinn, spicy, weird tales magazine, yellow menaceLeave a comment on November 1937 issue ~ cover art by Margaret Brundage

August 1936 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

August 1936

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on December 8, 2023December 6, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, fantasy, Hardboiled, maritime fiction, pulp, spicyTags h.j. ward, lew merrill, octopus, spicy-adventure storiesLeave a comment on August 1936 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

June 1927 issue

June 1927

Posted on December 6, 2023April 3, 2024Categories fantasy, finest kind, horror fiction, pulp, weird fictionTags creepy, finest kind, ghost stories magazine, h.g. wells, spookyLeave a comment on June 1927 issue

February 1941 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

February 1941

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on December 6, 2023December 4, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, fantasy, magazine, pulp, weird fictionTags h.j. ward, lew merrill, science fiction, spicy-adventure storiesLeave a comment on February 1941 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

August 1939 issue ~ cover art by Earle K. Bergey

August 1939

cover art by Earle K. Bergey

Posted on December 5, 2023June 21, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, fantasy, magazine, maritime fiction, pulp, war fiction, weird fictionTags august derleth, bertram w. williams, e. hoffmann price, earle k. bergey, heydorn schleh, john clemons, octopus, robert bloch, skull, strange stories magazine, submarine, torpedoLeave a comment on August 1939 issue ~ cover art by Earle K. Bergey

April 1945 issue ~ cover art by R. E. Epperley

April 1945

cover art by R. E. Epperley

stories included:

August Derleth, “Carousel”

Robert Bloch, Lefty Feep Gets Henpecked

Posted on November 27, 2023April 3, 2024Categories fantasy, horror fiction, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags august derleth, don wilcox, fantastic advantures magazine, john wilstach, r.e. epperley, robert bloch, skullLeave a comment on April 1945 issue ~ cover art by R. E. Epperley

December 1942 issue ~ cover art by Harold W. McCauley

December 1942

cover art by Harold W. McCauley

Posted on November 26, 2023December 29, 2023Categories adventure, crime fiction, fantasy, magazine, original art, pulp, weird fictionTags dame, fantastic advantures magazine, ghost, harold mccauley, original art, pulp art, weird fictionLeave a comment on December 1942 issue ~ cover art by Harold W. McCauley

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