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

December 1936

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

Posted on November 17, 2025November 2, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicyTags alan anderson, aligator, canoe, h.l. parkhurst, spear, spicy adventure stories magazine, spicy-adventure storiesLeave a comment on December 1936 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

December 1932 issue

December 1932

Posted on November 3, 2025November 2, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, magazine, pulp, western fictionTags ace-high novels, canoe, j. irving crump, mounties, RCMPLeave a comment on December 1932 issue

May 25th, 1937 issue ~ cover art by A. R. Tilburne

May 25th, 1937 issue

cover art by A. R. Tilburne

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 3, 2025November 2, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, western fictionTags a.r. tilburne, canoe, h, h.s.m. kemp, karl detzer, mounties, RCMP, short stories magazine, w.c. tuttleLeave a comment on May 25th, 1937 issue ~ cover art by A. R. Tilburne

September 1935 issue

September 1935

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 15, 2025May 10, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, magazine, pulp, western fictionTags bruce douglas, canoe, complete northwest novel magazine, harry sinclair drago, mounties, RCMP, william macleod raine, woman with a gunLeave a comment on September 1935 issue

October 20, 1924 issue ~ cover art by Colcord Heurlin

October 20, 1924

cover art by Colcord Heurlin

Posted on September 14, 2024September 10, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, magazine, maritime fiction, mystery, pulp, western fictionTags bald eagle, canoe, colcord heurlin, fishing, ralph d. paine, the popular magazineLeave a comment on October 20, 1924 issue ~ cover art by Colcord Heurlin

May 21, 1938 issue ~ cover art by Emmett Watson

May 21, 1938

cover art by Emmett Watson

Posted on August 25, 2024August 16, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, western fictionTags argosy magazine, bennett foster, canoe, donald barr chidsey, emmett watson, james b. hendryx, mounties, RCMPLeave a comment on May 21, 1938 issue ~ cover art by Emmett Watson

December 15, 1930 issue ~ cover art by Gerald Delano

December 15, 1930

cover art by Gerald Delano

Posted on July 10, 2024June 21, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags adventure magazine, canoe, georges surdez, harold lamb, talbot mundyLeave a comment on December 15, 1930 issue ~ cover art by Gerald Delano
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