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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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June 1939 issue ~ cover art by Modest Stein

June 1939

cover art by Modest Stein

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 10, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags carl clausen, circus, detective story magazine, modest stein, trapeze, walter rippergerLeave a comment on June 1939 issue ~ cover art by Modest Stein

August 30, 1930 issue

August 30, 1930

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 10, 2024June 21, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective fiction weekly, flynn's, harold de polo, j. allan dunn, madeleine sharps buchanan, murray leinster, robert h. rohde, t.t. flynnLeave a comment on August 30, 1930 issue

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

pseudonym of Charles Fulton Oursler

published by Covici, 1932, as About the Murder of a Circus Queen

published as The Murder of the Circus Queen, 1933, in London by Collins

1948 Popular Library reissue

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on August 10, 2024July 12, 2024Categories mystery, paperback, pulpTags anthony abbot, circus, popular libraryLeave a comment on cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Summer 1948 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Summer 1948

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on August 9, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective mystery novel magazine, devil, john dickson carrLeave a comment on Summer 1948 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

July 1941 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson

July 1941

cover art by Allen Anderson

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 9, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags allen anderson, bound, garter, justin case, lingerie, spicy detective magazine, stockingsLeave a comment on July 1941 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson

December 1934 issue ~ cover art by J. George Janes

December 1934

cover art by J. George Janes

Posted on August 9, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags blowtorch, carl mckinnon saunders, frederick c. davis, j. george janes, ten detective aces magazineLeave a comment on December 1934 issue ~ cover art by J. George Janes

September 1942 issue

September 1942

Posted on August 9, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags black book detectiveLeave a comment on September 1942 issue

Summer 1945 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

Summer 1945

cover art by George Gross

Posted on August 9, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags blowtorch, detective book magazine, fiend, george gross, m.v. heberdenLeave a comment on Summer 1945 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

July 1942 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

July 1942

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

Posted on August 9, 2024July 3, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags e. hoffmann price, h.l. parkhurst, kidnap, spicy-adventure stories, thugLeave a comment on July 1942 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

December 1948 issue ~ cover art by Albert Drake

December 1948

cover art by Albert Drake

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 8, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags albert drake, booton herndon, dan gordon, detective tales magazine, francis k. allan, g.t. fleming-roberts, mailbox, thugLeave a comment on December 1948 issue ~ cover art by Albert Drake

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