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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 1943 Canadian issue

May 1943 Canadian issue

Posted on May 21, 2024May 13, 2024Categories canadian pulp, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags bibliomystery, canadian pulp, francis k. allan, frederick c. davis, ghoul, strange detective mysteriesLeave a comment on May 1943 Canadian issue

September 1942 issue

September 1942

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 21, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags bound, day keene, laboratory, robot, strange detective mysteries, woman with a gunLeave a comment on September 1942 issue

January 1942 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

January 1942

cover art by Delos Palmer

better image than previously posted

[image updated 9/20/24]

Posted on May 21, 2024September 20, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags arthur leo zagat, dagger, delos palmer, fredric brown, laboratory, mad scientist, norvell w. page, stewart sterling, strange detective mysteriesLeave a comment on January 1942 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

November-December 1939 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

November-December 1939

cover art by Delos Palmer

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 14, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags dagger, delos palmer, donald g. cormack, noose, racist imagery, russell gray, strange detective mysteries, yellow menaceLeave a comment on November-December 1939 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

March 1943 issue

March 1943

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 6, 2024April 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags donald g. cormack, francis k. allan, invisible man, strange detective mysteries, wanted posterLeave a comment on March 1943 issue

July 1940 issue ~ cover art by John Howitt

July 1940

cover art by John Howitt

Posted on April 30, 2024April 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags bound, donald g. cormack, john howitt, r.s. lerch, strange detective mysteries, w.t. ballardLeave a comment on July 1940 issue ~ cover art by John Howitt

October 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

October 1941

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 16, 2024April 14, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags dagger, donald g. cormack, francis k. allan, pharoah, rafael desoto, sarcophagus, strange detective mysteries, tommygun, woman with a gunLeave a comment on October 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

September 1940 issue ~ cover art by Milton Luros

September 1940

cover art by Milton Luros

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 7, 2024February 24, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags dagger, donald dale, donald g. cormack, eerie fiction, r.s. lerch, strange detective mysteriesLeave a comment on September 1940 issue ~ cover art by Milton Luros

November-December 1938 issue

November-December 1938

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 17, 2024December 22, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags arthur leo zagat, dagger, paul ernst, strange detective mysteries, thorp mcclusky, top hat, tuxLeave a comment on November-December 1938 issue

January 1941 issue

January 1941

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 29, 2024December 25, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags laboratory, mad scientist, norvell w. page, skull, stewart sterling, strange detective mysteriesLeave a comment on January 1941 issue

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