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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 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

June 1937

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Posted on June 7, 2024May 15, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags bound, dagger, demon, joe archibald, john h. knox, rafael desoto, shackled, thrilling mystery magazineLeave a comment on June 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Fall 1944 issue

Fall 1944

cover art attributed to Rafael DeSoto

Posted on June 2, 2024May 15, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags c.k.m. scanlon, robert bloch, skull, thrilling mystery magazine, vampireLeave a comment on Fall 1944 issue

April 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

April 1937

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 30, 2024May 15, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags dagger, hal k. wells, hugh b. cave, jack williamson, james duncan, rudolph belarski, spider, thrilling mystery magazineLeave a comment on April 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

November 1932 issue

November 1932

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 30, 2024August 27, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags allan k. echols, arthur j. burks, bat, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on November 1932 issue

November 1943 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

November 1943

cover art by Jerome Rozen

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 27, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags benton braden, berkeley gray, dagger, ghost, jerome rozen, skull, thrilling detective magazine, woman with a gunLeave a comment on November 1943 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

May 1935 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

May 1935

cover art by George Gross

Posted on May 25, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags george gross, hooded, leslie charteris, mystery novels magazine, simon templar, stanley hart page, the saint, wyatt blassingameLeave a comment on May 1935 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

July 1938 issue ~ cover art by H. L. Parkhurst

July 1938

cover art by H. L. Parkhurst

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 25, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, weird fictionTags arthur humbolt, bound, chained, dagger, h.l. parkhurst, red hood, spicy mystery storiesLeave a comment on July 1938 issue ~ cover art by H. L. Parkhurst

September 1938 issue

September 1938

Posted on May 25, 2024May 15, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags arthur j. burks, bound, carol jacobi, dale clark, dungeon, red hood, thrilling mystery magazine, tortureLeave a comment on September 1938 issue

March 1936 issue

March 1936

cover art attributed to Rudolph Belarski

[post updated 11/7/24]

Posted on May 25, 2024November 7, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updated, weird fictionTags bound, dagger, g.t. fleming-roberts, red hood, thrilling mystery magazine, wayne rogersLeave a comment on March 1936 issue

December 1939 issue ~ cover by H.L. Parkhurst

December 1939

cover by H.L. Parkhurst

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 23, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, weird fictionTags arthur wallace, dagger, idol, spicy mystery stories, turbanLeave a comment on December 1939 issue ~ cover by H.L. Parkhurst

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