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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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November 1944 Canadian issue

November 1944 Canadian issue

Posted on July 25, 2024July 3, 2024Categories canadian pulp, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags electric chair, richard wormser, strange detective mysteriesLeave a comment on November 1944 Canadian issue

July 1943 Canadian issue

July 1943

Posted on July 23, 2024July 3, 2024Categories canadian pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags dagger, dame, francis k. allan, jewel thief, julius long, strange detective mysteriesLeave a comment on July 1943 Canadian issue

November 1942 issue

November 1942

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 18, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags day keene, fedora, francis k. allan, grim reaper, skeleton, strange detective mysteries, telephoneLeave a comment on November 1942 issue

January 1944 Canadian issue

January 1944 Canadian issue

Posted on July 18, 2024July 3, 2024Categories canadian pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags grim reaper, herbert koehl, poison, red hood, skeleton, strange detective mysteriesLeave a comment on January 1944 Canadian issue

May 1942 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

May 1942

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 3, 2024June 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags alley, arthur leo zagat, dagger, francis k. allan, j.j. des ormeaux, strange detective mysteriesLeave a comment on May 1942 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

February 1943 Canadian issue

February 1943 Canadian

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 1, 2024June 15, 2024Categories canadian pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags day keene, eye patch, frederick c. davis, pirate, skeleton, strange detective mysteries, treasure mapLeave a comment on February 1943 Canadian issue

March 1941 issue ~ cover art by John Drew

March 1941

cover art by John Drew

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 24, 2024June 15, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags hacksaw, john drew, ralph oppenheim, strange detective mysteries, wayne rogers, william hinesLeave a comment on March 1941 issue ~ cover art by John Drew

May 1941 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

May 1941

cover art by Tom Lovell

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 16, 2024May 14, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags kay keene, racist imagery, strange detective mysteries, tom lovell, wayne rogers, yellow menaceLeave a comment on May 1941 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

July 1942 issue

July 1942

better image than previously posted

[updated 9/20/24]

Posted on June 14, 2024September 20, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updated, weird fictionTags dagger, francis k. allan, fredric brown, grim reaper, lantern, sarcophagus, skeleton, strange detective mysteries, walt sheldon, wayne rogersLeave a comment on July 1942 issue

May 1940 issue

May 1940

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 14, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags butcher, cleaver, coffin, dane gregory, stewart sterling, strange detective mysteriesLeave a comment on May 1940 issue

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