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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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Category: weird fiction

March 1932 issue ~ cover art by H.W. Wesso

March 1932

cover art by H.W. Wesso

Posted on February 5, 2024December 21, 2023Categories horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags grim reaper, marionettes, paul ernst, puppets, skeleton, strange tales of mystery and terrorLeave a comment on March 1932 issue ~ cover art by H.W. Wesso

February 1941 issue

February 1941

Posted on February 3, 2024December 17, 2023Categories action fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags horror stories magazine, mummy, russell gray, sarcophagus, wayne rogersLeave a comment on February 1941 issue

January 1941 issue

January 1941

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 29, 2024December 25, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags laboratory, mad scientist, norvell w. page, skull, stewart sterling, strange detective mysteriesLeave a comment on January 1941 issue

March 1936 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

March 1936

cover art by Tom Lovell

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 28, 2024December 19, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags dime mystery magazine, frederick c. davis, garry grant, george edson, laboratory, larry moore, mad scientist, scalpel, tom lovell, wayne rogersLeave a comment on March 1936 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

March 1940 issue

March 1940

cover art by J.W. Scott?

[images updated 5/2/25]

Posted on January 27, 2024May 2, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, updated, weird fictionTags arthur j. burks, bound, branding, brent north, don graham, mystery tales magazine, queen, red circle, red hood, tortureLeave a comment on March 1940 issue

July 1941 issue

July 1941

cover art attributed to – and looks like – Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 21, 2024December 19, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags crystal ball, henry kuttner, john h. knox, spider, thrilling mystery magazine, ward hawkinsLeave a comment on July 1941 issue

January 1937 issue

January 1937

Posted on January 19, 2024December 26, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, paperback, spicy, weird fictionTags chained, g.t. fleming-roberts, henry kuttner, hugh b. cave, john h. knox, shackled, thrilling mystery magazineLeave a comment on January 1937 issue

May 15, 1942 issue ~ cover art by George Rozen

May 15, 1942

cover art by George Rozen

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 19, 2024December 25, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, finest kind, magazine, pulp, weird fictionTags george rozen, skeleton, the shadow magazineLeave a comment on May 15, 1942 issue ~ cover art by George Rozen

January 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

January 1941

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 17, 2024October 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags h.h. stinson, henry kuttner, john h. knox, medical fiction, rudolph belarski, thrilling mystery magazineLeave a comment on January 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

October 1935 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Zirm

October 1935

cover art by Rudolph Zirm

[image updated 9/21/24]

Posted on January 17, 2024September 21, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updated, weird fictionTags arthur j. burks, fiend, j. allan dunn, mad scientist, paul ernst, ray cummings, red hot poker, rudolph zirm, skull, thrilling mystery magazine, tortureLeave a comment on October 1935 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Zirm

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