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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: western fiction

October 1940 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

October 1940

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on December 19, 2023December 17, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, western fictionTags bound, h.j. ward, kipnap, lawrence donovan, pulp art, shoot out, spicy western magazineLeave a comment on October 1940 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

December 1936 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

December 1936

cover art by Delos Palmer

Posted on December 17, 2023April 4, 2024Categories action fiction, Hardboiled, historical fiction, magazine, pulp, western fictionTags delos palmer, kidnap, n. wooten poge, pulp art, spicy western storiesLeave a comment on December 1936 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

December 1937 issue ~ cover art by Arthur Gross

December 1937

cover art by Arthur Gross

Posted on December 16, 2023December 10, 2023Categories adventure, crime fiction, magazine, pulp, western fictionTags arthur gross, cliff campbell, jack bertin, mounties, RCMP, real northwest magazineLeave a comment on December 1937 issue ~ cover art by Arthur Gross

January 1943 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

January 1943

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on December 16, 2023December 10, 2023Categories action fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, western fictionTags campfire, h.j. ward, james a. lawson, speed western storiesLeave a comment on January 1943 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

July 1938 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

July 1938

cover art by Norman Saunders

Posted on December 14, 2023December 10, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, western fictionTags baseball fiction, dagger, norman saunders, northwest fiction, skeleton, sports fiction, variety detective magazineLeave a comment on July 1938 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

March 1940 – debut issue

March 1940

first publication of a western story by Louis L’Amour

Posted on December 14, 2023December 10, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, western fictionTags c.k. shaw, ed earl repp, louis l'amour, new western magazine, shoot out, six gun, woman with a gunLeave a comment on March 1940 – debut issue

April 1938 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

April 1938

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on December 13, 2023December 10, 2023Categories action fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, western fictionTags h.j. ward, kidnap, nathan cobe, pulp art, spicy western storiesLeave a comment on April 1938 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

March 15, 1930 issue ~ cover art by Sidney Riesenberg

March 15, 1930

cover art by Sidney Riesenberg

[updated 5/6/24]

Posted on December 13, 2023May 6, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, western fictionTags j. wendel davis, mountie, RCMP, sidney riesenberg, top-notch magazineLeave a comment on March 15, 1930 issue ~ cover art by Sidney Riesenberg

October 29, 1932 issue ~ cover art by Paul Stahr

Format ImagePosted on December 12, 2023May 12, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, historical fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, western fictionTags a. merritt, argosy magazine, fred macisaac, j. allan dunn, logger, mounties, paul stahr, RCMP, will mcmorrowLeave a comment on October 29, 1932 issue ~ cover art by Paul Stahr

October 1935 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

October 1935

cover art by Norman Saunders

Posted on December 10, 2023December 6, 2023Categories adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, western fictionTags bound, mystery adventures magazine, norman saunders, robert mcblair, six gunLeave a comment on October 1935 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

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