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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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April 1936 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

April 1936

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

[cover updated 11/19/25]

Posted on March 21, 2024November 19, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, updated, weird fictionTags chained, dungeon, evil eye, h.l. parkhurst, lew merrill, pulp art, rat, skull, spicy mystery storiesLeave a comment on April 1936 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

April 1938 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

April 1938

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 21, 2024January 2, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags garter, h.j. ward, kidnap, lingerie, ransom, robert a. garron, spicy detective stories, stockings, thug, whipLeave a comment on April 1938 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

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

September 1941

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on March 19, 2024January 2, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, fantasy, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicyTags bound, h.j. ward, lew merrill, science fiction, spicy-adventure stories, whipLeave a comment on September 1941 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

cover art by Harry Barton

Gouache, watercolor, and pencil on paper laid on board, 20 x 13 in. (sight)
Signed lower right

This illustration was published as the cover for Manhandled by Whitman Chambers, Monarch #434, 1964.

Posted on March 17, 2024January 2, 2024Categories Hardboiled, original art, paperback, pulp, spicyTags dame, harry barton, monarch paperback, whitman chambersLeave a comment on cover art by Harry Barton

March 1941 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

March 1941 issue

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

Posted on March 15, 2024January 2, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, maritime fiction, pulp, spicyTags justin case, monkey, spicy-adventure storiesLeave a comment on March 1941 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

1951 issue #1 – cover art by Louis Zansky

1951 issue #1

cover art by Louis Zansky

Posted on March 15, 2024March 13, 2024Categories digest, Hardboiled, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags dame, femme fatale, lurid, realistic comic, smokingLeave a comment on 1951 issue #1 – cover art by Louis Zansky

August 1935 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

August 1935

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on March 14, 2024December 17, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, weird fictionTags bound, h.j. ward, pulp art, robert leslie bellem, skeleton, skull, spicy mystery storiesLeave a comment on August 1935 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

April 1936 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

April 1936

cover art by Delos Palmer

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 6, 2024January 28, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags clint morgan, delos palmer, spicy detective storiesLeave a comment on April 1936 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

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

cover art by H.J. Ward

August 1936

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 6, 2024January 30, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulp, spicyTags colby quinn, h.j. ward, original art, shoulder holster, spicy detective stories, stockings, woman with a gunLeave a comment on August 1936 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

September 1938 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

September 1938

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on March 5, 2024December 21, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicyTags dagger, e. hoffmann price, h.j. ward, pith helmet, south seas, spicy-adventure stories, surfLeave a comment on September 1938 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

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