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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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June 12, 1937 issue ~ cover art by V.E. Pyles

June 12, 1937

cover art by V.E. Pyles

Posted on June 6, 2025May 18, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective fiction weekly, edgar franklin, edward s. williams, flynn's, hooded, richard sale, skull and crossbones, v.e. pylesLeave a comment on June 12, 1937 issue ~ cover art by V.E. Pyles

March 22, 1937 issue ~ cover art by V.E. Pyles

March 22, 1937

cover art by V.E. Pyles

Posted on May 19, 2025May 10, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags cornell woolrich, detective fiction weekly, flynn's, hollywood fiction, v.e. pylesLeave a comment on March 22, 1937 issue ~ cover art by V.E. Pyles

November 1940 issue ~ cover art by V.E. Pyles

November 1940

cover art by V.E. Pyles

Posted on April 4, 2025March 15, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags black book detective, fucking nazis, v.e. pylesLeave a comment on November 1940 issue ~ cover art by V.E. Pyles

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

May 1941 issue ~ cover art by V.E. Pyles

May 1941

cover art by V.E. Pyles

Posted on October 24, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, espionage fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags black book detective, cold war fiction, commies, dagger, red menace, shackled, v.e. pylesLeave a comment on May 1941 issue ~ cover art by V.E. Pyles

March 5, 1938 issue ~ cover art by V. E. Pyles

March 5, 1938

cover art by V. E. Pyles

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 17, 2024October 3, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, finest kind, Hardboiled, historical fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, western fictionTags argosy magazine, mounties, RCMP, totem pole, v.e. pylesLeave a comment on March 5, 1938 issue ~ cover art by V. E. Pyles

December 1940 issue ~ cover art by V.E. Pyles

December 1940

cover art by V.E. Pyles

Posted on June 1, 2024May 13, 2024Categories uncategorizedTags parachute, phantom detective magazine, v.e. pylesLeave a comment on December 1940 issue ~ cover art by V.E. Pyles

November 1937 issue ~ cover art by V.E. Pyles

November 1937

cover art by V.E. Pyles

Posted on December 2, 2023December 1, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags double detective magazine, leslie charteris, max brand, pulp art, richard sale, simon templar, telephone, the saint, top hat, v.e. pyles, walter rippergerLeave a comment on November 1937 issue ~ cover art by V.E. Pyles
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