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For the Fans of Hardboiled, Pulp & Gumshoe Art

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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Tag: erotica

aka Lawrence Block

cover art by Al Rossi

1961 Beacon paperback original

Posted on November 28, 2025November 3, 2025Categories original art, paperback, pulp, spicyTags al rossi, beacon paperback, erotica, luric, sheldon lord, sleazyLeave a comment on aka Lawrence Block

aka Lawrence Block

1960 Midwood paperback original

cover art by Charles Frace

pseudonym of Lawrence Block

Posted on November 24, 2025November 3, 2025Categories paperback, pulp, spicyTags charles frace, dame, erotica, lawrence block, lurid, midwood paperback, sheldon lord, sleazeLeave a comment on aka Lawrence Block

aka Lawrence Block and Hal Dresner

1961 Bedside paperback original

cover art by Harold W. McCauley

November 16, 2013

Posted on September 12, 2025August 27, 2025Categories paperback, pulp, spicyTags bedside paperback, don holliday, erotica, hal dresner, harold w. mccauley, lawrence blockLeave a comment on aka Lawrence Block and Hal Dresner

1959 Midwood paperback original – cover art by Paul Rader

1959 Midwood paperback original

cover art by Paul Rader

one of Robert Silverberg’s many, many pseudonyms

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 5, 2025August 16, 2025Categories paperback, pulp, spicyTags erotica, gordon mitchell, lurid, midwood paperback, robert silverberg, sleazeLeave a comment on 1959 Midwood paperback original – cover art by Paul Rader

aka Lawrence Block

1961 Beacon paperback original

pseudonym of Lawrence Block

reissued in Jan. 2008 by Hard Case Crime as A Diet of Treacle

cover art by Chuck Pyle

Posted on August 31, 2025August 8, 2025Categories pulp, paperback, crime comic, spicyTags lurid, sleaze, hard case crime, lawrence block, beacon paperback, sheldon lord, chuck pyle, beatniks, eroticaLeave a comment on aka Lawrence Block
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