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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

August-September 1939 issue

August-September 1939

included Cornell Woolrich’s “Vampire’s Honeymoon”

Posted on December 28, 2023December 17, 2023Categories Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags coffin, cornell woolrich, femme fatale, frances bragg middleton, horror stories magazine, mindret lord, ray cummings, skeleton, vampire, whipLeave a comment on August-September 1939 issue

February-March 1937 issue ~ cover art by Malvin Singer

February-March 1937

cover art by Malvin Singer

better image than previously posted

[image updated 4/21/24]

Posted on December 27, 2023April 21, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags ace-high detective, laboratory, malvin singer, melvin a. conant, monster, william e. barrettLeave a comment on February-March 1937 issue ~ cover art by Malvin Singer

January 1966 issue

January 1966

Posted on December 26, 2023December 11, 2023Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags august derleth, bizarre mystery magazine, cornell woolrich, mickey spillaneLeave a comment on January 1966 issue

August 1937 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

Format ImagePosted on December 18, 2023December 13, 2023Categories Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, weird fictionTags blowtorch, chained, eerie mysteries magazine, fiend, norman saunders, shacklesLeave a comment on August 1937 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

October 1940 issue ~ cover art by Frederick Blakeslee

October 1940

cover art by Frederick Blakeslee

[corrected 6/28/24]

Posted on December 18, 2023June 28, 2024Categories aviation fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, updated, war fiction, weird fictionTags bi plane, dogfight, frederick blakeslee, g-8 and his battle aces, grim reaper, robert j. hogan, skeletonLeave a comment on October 1940 issue ~ cover art by Frederick Blakeslee

October 1937 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

October 1937

cover art by Tom Lovell

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 16, 2023January 30, 2024Categories action fiction, crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags finest kind, noose, norbert davis, norvell w. page, paul ernst, strange detective mysteries, tom lovell, turban, tuxLeave a comment on October 1937 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

March 1940 issue

March 1940

Posted on December 10, 2023December 6, 2023Categories Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags charles boswell, donald dale, laboratory, mad scientist, mermaid, russell gray, terror tales magazine, wayne robbinsLeave a comment on March 1940 issue

November 1937 issue ~ cover art by Margaret Brundage

November 1937

cover art by Margaret Brundage

Posted on December 9, 2023December 6, 2023Categories fantasy, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, weird fictionTags bound, margaret brundage, peacock, racist imagery, seabury quinn, spicy, weird tales magazine, yellow menaceLeave a comment on November 1937 issue ~ cover art by Margaret Brundage

March 1928 issue

March 1928

first of only five issues

Posted on December 8, 2023December 6, 2023Categories horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags cemetery, graveyard, grim reaper, howard thurston, skeleton, tales of magic and mystery magazine, top hatLeave a comment on March 1928 issue

June 1936 issue ~ cover art by John Newton Howitt

June 1936

cover art by John Newton Howitt

Posted on December 8, 2023April 3, 2024Categories Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags arthur j. burks, branding, dagger, horror stories magazine, j.o. quinliven, john h. knox, john newton howitt, nat schachner, roger howard norton, shackled, skull and crossbones, tortureLeave a comment on June 1936 issue ~ cover art by John Newton Howitt

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