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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

December 1942 issue ~ cover art by Harold W. McCauley

December 1942

cover art by Harold W. McCauley

Posted on November 26, 2023December 29, 2023Categories adventure, crime fiction, fantasy, magazine, original art, pulp, weird fictionTags dame, fantastic advantures magazine, ghost, harold mccauley, original art, pulp art, weird fictionLeave a comment on December 1942 issue ~ cover art by Harold W. McCauley

December 9, 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

December 9, 1939

Posted on November 21, 2023November 20, 2023Categories adventure, magazine, pulp, weird fictionTags argosy magazine, donald barr chidsey, druid, frank richardson pierce, ghoul, h. bedford-jones, jack mann, pulp art, richard sale, rudolph belarskiLeave a comment on December 9, 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

May 1935 issue ~ cover art by Margaret Brundage

May 1935

cover art by Margaret Brundage

Posted on November 21, 2023November 20, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, weird fictionTags arthur b. reeve, flashlight, gravestone, margaret brundage, pulp art, weird tales magazineLeave a comment on May 1935 issue ~ cover art by Margaret Brundage

November 1937 issue

November 1937

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 20, 2023November 19, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags dagger, norbert davis, paul ernst, philip ketchum, pulp art, strange detective mysteries, wayne rogers, woman with a gun, wyatt blassingameLeave a comment on November 1937 issue

June-July 1937 issue ~ cover art by William F. Soare

June-July 1937

cover art by William F. Soare

[post updated 6/6/24]

Posted on November 20, 2023June 6, 2024Categories Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, pulp, weird fictionTags chained, horror stories magazine, laboratory, mad scientist, paul ernst, pulp art, wayne rogers, william f. soareLeave a comment on June-July 1937 issue ~ cover art by William F. Soare

August 1934 issue ~ cover art by J. George Janes

August 1934

cover art by J. George Janes

Posted on November 18, 2023November 17, 2023Categories Hardboiled, magazine, weird fictionTags carl mckinnon saunders, frederick c. davis, ghoul, j. george janes, laboratory, mad scientist, pulp art, skeleton, ten detective aces magazineLeave a comment on August 1934 issue ~ cover art by J. George Janes

November 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

November 1937

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

[updated 10/31/25, 4/30/26]

Posted on November 18, 2023April 30, 2026Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, updated, weird fictionTags bound, frank belknap long jr, g.t. fleming-roberts, joe archibald, noose, pulp art, rafael desoto, thrilling mystery magazine, tortureLeave a comment on November 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

October 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

October 1940

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on November 18, 2023November 16, 2023Categories horror fiction, magazine, weird fictionTags august derleth, don tracy, ghoul, mark schorer, pulp art, robert bloch, rudolph belarski, seabury quinn, skeleton, skull, strange stories magazine, weird fictionLeave a comment on October 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

September 1936 ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

September 1936

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

[cover updated 4/20/26]

Posted on November 17, 2023April 20, 2026Categories Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, updated, weird fictionTags ace mystery magazine, charles marquis warren, frederick c. davis, ghoul, pulp art, rafael desoto, skeleton, snake, weirdLeave a comment on September 1936 ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

April 5, 1939 issue

April 5, 1939

cover art by J.W. Scott?

Posted on November 17, 2023November 15, 2023Categories Hardboiled, horror fiction, weird fictionTags arthur j. burks, chained, donald graham, frederick c. davis, ghoul, horror fiction, j.w. scott, laboratory, mindret lord, pulp art, red circle magazine, uncanny tales magazine, weird fictionLeave a comment on April 5, 1939 issue

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