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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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May 1944 issue ~ cover art by Arnold Kohn

May 1944

cover art by Arnold Kohn

Posted on April 28, 2025April 6, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags arnold kohn, bruno fischer, flashlight, graveyard, mammoth mystery magazine, tombstoneLeave a comment on May 1944 issue ~ cover art by Arnold Kohn

April 1961 issue ~ cover art by Dick Shelton

April 1961

cover art by Dick Shelton

Posted on January 15, 2025December 29, 2024Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags charles runyon, dick shelton, frank hardy, glenn canary, graveyard, les collins, lewis banci, manhunt magazine, paul fairmanLeave a comment on April 1961 issue ~ cover art by Dick Shelton

March 1943 issue ~ cover art by V.E. Pyles

March 1943

cover art by V.E. Pyles

Posted on November 27, 2024November 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags cemetery, graveyard, phantom detective magazine, robert wallace, v.e. pylesLeave a comment on March 1943 issue ~ cover art by V.E. Pyles

August 13, 1938 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

August 13, 1938

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on November 14, 2024November 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective fiction weekly, flynn's, graveyard, lantern, richard sale, trenchcoatLeave a comment on August 13, 1938 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

September 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

September 1939

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on November 11, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, war fictionTags argosy magazine, flanders field, graveyard, mauser, rudolph belarski, theodore roscoe, veteren's day, WWILeave a comment on September 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Winter 1952-53 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson

Winter 1952-53

cover art by Allen Anderson

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 31, 2024September 25, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulpTags allen anderson, bat, crypt, detective book magazine, graveyard, john dickson carr, skeletonLeave a comment on Winter 1952-53 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson

March 1936 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

March 1936

cover art by Delos Palmer

Posted on October 31, 2024September 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, weird fictionTags cemetery, delos palmer, graveyard, hooded, skeleton, spicy mystery storiesLeave a comment on March 1936 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

cover art by Reginald Heade

1953 Harborough

cover art repurposed for – –

1952 Leisure Library

Posted on October 14, 2024October 3, 2024Categories british pulp, Hardboiled, mystery, paperback, pulpTags dame, graveyard, reginald heade, reginald storme, spike morell, woman with a gunLeave a comment on cover art by Reginald Heade

July 1940 issue

July 1940

Posted on May 21, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags cemetery, ghoul, graveyard, phantom detective magazine, vampireLeave a comment on July 1940 issue

Winter 1950 issue

Winter 1950

Posted on April 17, 2024April 14, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags casket, flashlight, graveyard, phantom detective magazine, robert wallaceLeave a comment on Winter 1950 issue

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