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Category: horror fiction

August 1940 issue

August 1940

Posted on December 13, 2023December 10, 2023Categories Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bound, dane gregory, horror stories magazine, lantern, rats, sewer, w. wayne robbinsLeave a comment on August 1940 issue

March 1940 issue

March 1940

Posted on December 10, 2023December 6, 2023Categories Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags charles boswell, donald dale, laboratory, mad scientist, mermaid, russell gray, terror tales magazine, wayne robbinsLeave a comment on March 1940 issue

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

March 1928 issue

March 1928

first of only five issues

Posted on December 8, 2023December 6, 2023Categories horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags cemetery, graveyard, grim reaper, howard thurston, skeleton, tales of magic and mystery magazine, top hatLeave a comment on March 1928 issue

June 1936 issue ~ cover art by John Newton Howitt

June 1936

cover art by John Newton Howitt

Posted on December 8, 2023April 3, 2024Categories Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags arthur j. burks, branding, dagger, horror stories magazine, j.o. quinliven, john h. knox, john newton howitt, nat schachner, roger howard norton, shackled, skull and crossbones, tortureLeave a comment on June 1936 issue ~ cover art by John Newton Howitt

September 1939 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Scott

September 1939

cover art by J.W. Scott

Posted on December 8, 2023December 6, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags allan k. echols, brent north, ghoul, j.w. scott, mystery tales magazine, russell gray, whipLeave a comment on September 1939 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Scott

January 1943 issue – cover art by Milton Luros

January 1943

cover art by Milton Luros

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 7, 2023December 4, 2023Categories Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags francis k. allan, grandfather clock, milton luros, strange detective mysteries, trench coat, wyatt blassingameLeave a comment on January 1943 issue – cover art by Milton Luros

May 1940 issue

May 1940

cover art by J.W. Scott

Posted on December 6, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags holden sanford, mystery tales magazine, red circle, red hoodLeave a comment on May 1940 issue

November 1938 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

November 1938

cover art by Norman Saunders

Posted on December 6, 2023December 3, 2023Categories Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, weird fictionTags crystal ball, eerie mysteries magazine, norman saunders, ralph powers, ronald flagg, turban, woman with a gunLeave a comment on November 1938 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

January 1928 issue

January 1928

second of only five issues

Posted on December 6, 2023December 4, 2023Categories horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags black cat, cemetery, graveyard, howard thurston, skeleton, skull, tales of magic and mystery magazineLeave a comment on January 1928 issue

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