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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 1927 issue

June 1927

Posted on December 6, 2023April 3, 2024Categories fantasy, finest kind, horror fiction, pulp, weird fictionTags creepy, finest kind, ghost stories magazine, h.g. wells, spookyLeave a comment on June 1927 issue

1962 Horwitz edition

1962 [2nd-edition]

Posted on December 3, 2023December 1, 2023Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, mystery, paperback, pulp, spicyTags al wheeler, australian pulp, carter brown, dame, femme fatale, finest kind, horwitz paperbackLeave a comment on 1962 Horwitz edition

June 1936 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

June 1936

cover art by Delos Palmer

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 2, 2023November 30, 2023Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags cary moran, dame, delos palmer, femme fatale, finest kind, pulp art, spicy mystery storiesLeave a comment on June 1936 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

October 1935 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

October 1935

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 1, 2023November 1, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, updatedTags arthur wilson, chained, finest kind, garter, hypodermic, norman saunders, pulp art, shackled, spicy mystery stories, stockingsLeave a comment on October 1935 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

April 1937 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

April 1937

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on December 1, 2023November 30, 2023Categories action fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, western fictionTags bargirl, finest kind, garter, h.j. ward, pulp art, rex norman, spicy western stories, stockingsLeave a comment on April 1937 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

October 1933 issue ~ cover art by Margaret Brundage

October 1933

cover art by Margaret Brundage

[image updated 9/21/24]

Posted on November 29, 2023September 21, 2024Categories Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, pulp, updated, weird fictionTags bat woman, finest kind, hugh davidson, margaret brundage, pulp art, weird tales magazineLeave a comment on October 1933 issue ~ cover art by Margaret Brundage

November 1936 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

November 1936

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 28, 2023November 26, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags carl moore, dagger, dame, femme fatale, finest kind, garter, h.j. ward, pulp art, spicy adventure stories magazine, stockings, willis vachel keithLeave a comment on November 1936 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

October 1939 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

October 1939

better image than previously posted

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on November 24, 2023November 22, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dame, femme fatale, finest kind, garter, h.j. ward, jewels, pulp art, robert a. garron, spicy detective magazine, stockings, telephone, woman with a gunLeave a comment on October 1939 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

cover art by Claudia Caranfa

February 2024 reissue

Posted on November 24, 2023July 23, 2024Categories Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags chicago fiction, claudia caranfa, dame, finest kind, hard case crime, jack clark, taxiLeave a comment on cover art by Claudia Caranfa

cover art by Ron Lesser

Ron Lesser


Thrilling Detective, Deadly Dames #1, unpublished painting
Oil on Masonite
24 x 19.25 in.
Signed lower right

Posted on November 22, 2023April 20, 2024Categories finest kind, magazine, pulpTags dame, femme fatale, finest kind, pulp art, ron lesser, thrilling detective magazine, woman with a gunLeave a comment on cover art by Ron Lesser

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