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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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February 1943 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

February 1943 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

November 04, 2014

Posted on August 24, 2026August 6, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, uncategorizedTags dressing table, francis k. allan, hand cuffs, lipstick, paul allenby, rafael desoto, robert w. sneddon, russell gray, telephoneLeave a comment on February 1943 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

February 1928 issue ~ cover art by Fred Craft

February 1928

cover art by Fred Craft

Posted on August 2, 2026July 9, 2026Categories adventure, magazine, mystery, pulp, western fictionTags bound, fred craft, leslie m cfarlane, mounties, mystery stories magazine, paul ernst, r.d. kingslyn, RCMP, robert w. sneddonLeave a comment on February 1928 issue ~ cover art by Fred Craft

February 1944 Canadian issue

February 1944 Canadian issue

Posted on July 8, 2026June 12, 2026Categories canadian pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mysteryTags cobra, d.l. champion, detective fiction weekly, flynn's, robert w. sneddon, wall safeLeave a comment on February 1944 Canadian issue

June 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

June 1944

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Posted on May 12, 2026April 7, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags carroll john daly, day keene, detective fiction weekly, joel townsley rogers, leigh brackett, robert w. sneddonLeave a comment on June 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

September 1944 issue ~ cover art by Gloria Stoll

September 1944

cover art by Gloria Stoll

Posted on February 12, 2026February 2, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags cigarette girl, day keene, francis k. allan, g.t. fleming-roberts, gloria stoll, new detective magazine, robert turner, robert w. sneddonLeave a comment on September 1944 issue ~ cover art by Gloria Stoll

January 1945 issue

January 1945

cover art attributed to Albert Drake

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 13, 2025June 8, 2025Categories uncategorizedTags albert drake, bruno fischer, g.t. fleming-roberts, leslie t. white, new detective magazine, ray cummings, robert w. sneddonLeave a comment on January 1945 issue

April 13, 1929 issue

April 13, 1929

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 2, 2025April 14, 2025Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective fiction weekly, don h. thompson, flynn's, leslie mcfarlane, robert w. sneddon, tommygunLeave a comment on April 13, 1929 issue

September 1931 issue ~ cover art by Joseph Doolin

September 1931

cover art by Joseph Doolin

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 30, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags al capone, all star detective stories, hatchet, joseph doolin, robert w. sneddonLeave a comment on September 1931 issue ~ cover art by Joseph Doolin

May 24, 1941 issue

May 24, 1941

Posted on September 29, 2024June 21, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dagger, detective fiction weekly, flynn's, judson p. philips, robert w. sneddon, theodore roscoe, william brandonLeave a comment on May 24, 1941 issue

April 1929 issue ~ cover by Ray Wardell

April 1929

cover by Ray Wardell

better image than previously posted

Hersey swastika: “The Symbol of Good Reading – A Hersey Magazine”

Posted on September 15, 2024June 21, 2025Categories crime comic, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bertrand russell, fingerprints, murder mysteries magazine, ray wardell, robert guillaume, robert w. sneddon, stranglerLeave a comment on April 1929 issue ~ cover by Ray Wardell

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