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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 1933 issue

December 1933

cover art attributed to Rafael DeSoto

Posted on July 31, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags black book detective, dagger, george a. mcdonald, j. lane linklater, joseph ivers lawrence, rafael desotoLeave a comment on December 1933 issue

January 1946 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

January 1946

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

[updated 5/5/25]

Posted on June 17, 2024May 5, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags bound, curtiss t. gardner, j. lane linklater, rudolph belarski, thrilling detective magazine, w.t. ballard, woman with a gunLeave a comment on January 1946 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

January 1941 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

January 1941

cover art by Norman Saunders

Posted on June 9, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags 10-story detective magazine, j. lane linklater, norman saunders, ralph powers, vaultLeave a comment on January 1941 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

March 1943 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

March 1943

final issue of this magazine

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Posted on May 18, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dale clark, double detective magazine, green lama, grim reaper, j. lane linklater, john h knox, peter richards, rafael desoto, red hood, richard fosterLeave a comment on March 1943 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

October 1933 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

October 1933

cover art by John A. Coughlin

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 9, 2024April 24, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags black bat detective mysteries, charlotte dockstader, frank del clarke, franklin h. martin, frederick nebel, j. lane linklater, john a. coughlin, murray leinster, taxiLeave a comment on October 1933 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

October 1948 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

October 1948

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on May 5, 2024April 24, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags c.s. montanye, carl g. hodges, grim reaper, j. lane linklater, rudolph belarski, skeleton, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on October 1948 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Summer 1945 issue

Summer 1945

Posted on April 29, 2024April 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags black book detective, blackjack, cosh, g. wayman jones, j. lane linklater, jewels, laboratoryLeave a comment on Summer 1945 issue

September 1941 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

September 1941

cover by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 19, 2024April 14, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags 10-story detective magazine, j. lane linklater, mailman, norman saunders, telephone operator, w.t. ballardLeave a comment on September 1941 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

December 1940 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

December 1940

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 13, 2024January 2, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags j. lane linklater, norman saunders, philip ketchum, smoking, ten detective aces magazine, venetian blindsLeave a comment on December 1940 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

cover art by William Reusswig

Gang World magazine, November 1930
Oil on canvas
30 x 30 in.
Initialed lower right

Posted on March 4, 2024April 5, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags dame, earl and marion scott, erle stanley gardner, gang world magazine, j. lane linklater, moll, oil on canvas, paul pry, william h. stueber, william reusswig, woman with a gunLeave a comment on cover art by William Reusswig

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