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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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November 1935 issue ~ cover art by Blaine

November 1935

cover art by Blaine (Norman Saunders)

Posted on July 27, 2026June 24, 2026Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, mystery, pulp, spicyTags bedford rohmer, blaine, bound, lurid, new mystery adventure magazine, norman saunders, r.f. starzlLeave a comment on November 1935 issue ~ cover art by Blaine

1966 Lancer paperback original

1966 Lancer paperback original

pen name of Lionel White

November 29, 2014

Posted on July 26, 2026July 12, 2026Categories espionage fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulp, spicyTags cocktail waitress, l.w. blanco, lancer paperback, lionel white, spy fictionLeave a comment on 1966 Lancer paperback original

March 1940 issue

March 1940 – second of just three issues

cover art attributed to John A. Coughlin

January 26, 2014

cover repurposed from Jan./Feb. 1938 issue

Posted on July 23, 2026June 15, 2026Categories horror fiction, magazine, pulp, spicy, weird fictionTags bound, branding, donald dale, francis james, frederick c. davis, john a. coughlin, nat schachner, sinister stories, terror tales magazineLeave a comment on March 1940 issue

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

December 1939

cover art by J.W. Scott

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 15, 2026June 12, 2026Categories Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, weird fictionTags arthur j. burks, branding, brent north, chained, ghouls, j.w. scott, john wallace, mystery tales magazine, ray cummings, red circle, shackledLeave a comment on December 1939 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Scott

April 1940 issue ~ cover art by H. J. Ward

April 1940

cover art by H. J. Ward

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 15, 2026June 12, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags black cat, bound, dagger, h.j. ward, skeleton, spicy mystery magazine, william b. raineyLeave a comment on April 1940 issue ~ cover art by H. J. Ward

Call Her Savage x 5

Call Her Savage (1931) New York: Claude Kendall, endpapers below

1932, Photoplay edition, Grosset & Dunlap, New York

1942 Avon softcover #14

1952 Avon reissue

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 17, 2026May 19, 2026Categories Hardboiled, hardcover, paperback, pulp, spicyTags avon paperback, clara bow, claude kendall, grosset & dunlap, lloyd coe, photoplayLeave a comment on Call Her Savage x 5

May 1929 issue

May 1929

Posted on June 16, 2026May 19, 2026Categories magazine, pulp, spicyTags artists and model storiesLeave a comment on May 1929 issue

The Soft Arms of Death x 2

1955 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by James Meese

better image than previously posted

2013 Black Curtain reissue

Posted on June 16, 2026May 18, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulp, spicyTags black curtain press, dame, femme fatale, gold medal paperback, james meese, richard haywardLeave a comment on The Soft Arms of Death x 2

May 1935 issue

May 1935

second of only two issue published

Posted on June 16, 2026May 19, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags dressing table, mirror, pearl necklace, snappy detective storiesLeave a comment on May 1935 issue

1965 Imperial paperback original

Ed Wood: screenwriter, director, producer, actor, author and film editor.

1965 Imperial paperback original

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 26, 2026May 1, 2026Categories paperback, pulp, spicyTags ed wood, erotica, imperial paperback, lurid, sleazeLeave a comment on 1965 Imperial paperback original

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