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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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June 1945 issue

June 1945

cover art attributed to Ernest Chiriacka

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 9, 2025November 3, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags andrew holt, blowtorch, day keene, detective tales magazine, ernest chiriacka, francis k. allan, john corbett, w.t. ballardLeave a comment on June 1945 issue

March 15, 1941 issue ~ cover art by Graves Gladney

March 15, 1941

cover art by Graves Gladney

Posted on November 23, 2024November 12, 2024Categories action fiction, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags blowtorch, graves gladney, hooded, the shadow magazineLeave a comment on March 15, 1941 issue ~ cover art by Graves Gladney

December 1934 issue ~ cover art by J. George Janes

December 1934

cover art by J. George Janes

Posted on August 9, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags blowtorch, carl mckinnon saunders, frederick c. davis, j. george janes, ten detective aces magazineLeave a comment on December 1934 issue ~ cover art by J. George Janes

Summer 1945 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

Summer 1945

cover art by George Gross

Posted on August 9, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags blowtorch, detective book magazine, fiend, george gross, m.v. heberdenLeave a comment on Summer 1945 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

August 1938 issue

August 1938

Posted on January 13, 2024December 17, 2023Categories Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulpTags blowtorch, casket, dagger, donald graham, ghoul, henry treat sperry, horror stories magazine, julius long, woman with a gunLeave a comment on August 1938 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
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