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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

October 1937 issue ~ cover art by R.G. Harris

October 1937

cover art by R.G. Harris

signed by the artist nearly 60 years later

[image updated 4/15/24]

Posted on December 8, 2023April 15, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, maritime fiction, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags deep sea diver, doc savage, r.g. harris, spear gunLeave a comment on October 1937 issue ~ cover art by R.G. Harris

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

October 1936

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

Posted on December 8, 2023December 6, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, weird fictionTags charles a. baker, dagger, h.l. parkhurst, pulp art, spicy mystery storiesLeave a comment on October 1936 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

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

September 1939

cover art by J.W. Scott

Posted on December 8, 2023December 6, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags allan k. echols, brent north, ghoul, j.w. scott, mystery tales magazine, russell gray, whipLeave a comment on September 1939 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Scott

January 1943 issue – cover art by Milton Luros

January 1943

cover art by Milton Luros

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 7, 2023December 4, 2023Categories Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags francis k. allan, grandfather clock, milton luros, strange detective mysteries, trench coat, wyatt blassingameLeave a comment on January 1943 issue – cover art by Milton Luros

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

February 1939

cover art by J.W. Scott

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 7, 2023December 3, 2023Categories adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags chained, donald dale, hooded, j.w. scott, mystery tales magazine, rack, red hood, russell gray, shacklesLeave a comment on February 1939 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Scott

May 1940 issue

May 1940

cover art by J.W. Scott

Posted on December 6, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags holden sanford, mystery tales magazine, red circle, red hoodLeave a comment on May 1940 issue

November 1938 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

November 1938

cover art by Norman Saunders

Posted on December 6, 2023December 3, 2023Categories Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, weird fictionTags crystal ball, eerie mysteries magazine, norman saunders, ralph powers, ronald flagg, turban, woman with a gunLeave a comment on November 1938 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

January 1928 issue

January 1928

second of only five issues

Posted on December 6, 2023December 4, 2023Categories horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags black cat, cemetery, graveyard, howard thurston, skeleton, skull, tales of magic and mystery magazineLeave a comment on January 1928 issue

June 1927 issue

June 1927

Posted on December 6, 2023April 3, 2024Categories fantasy, finest kind, horror fiction, pulp, weird fictionTags creepy, finest kind, ghost stories magazine, h.g. wells, spookyLeave a comment on June 1927 issue

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

February 1941

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on December 6, 2023December 4, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, fantasy, magazine, pulp, weird fictionTags h.j. ward, lew merrill, science fiction, spicy-adventure storiesLeave a comment on February 1941 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

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