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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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August 10, 1946 issue ~ cover art by Pete Kuhlhoff

August 10, 1946

cover art by Pete Kuhlhoff

Posted on December 2, 2025November 22, 2025Categories uncategorizedTags carnival, jack scholz, merle constiner, pete kuhlhoff, seabury quinn, short stories magazine, theodore roscoe, walt coburnLeave a comment on August 10, 1946 issue ~ cover art by Pete Kuhlhoff

December 1930 issue – cover art by Gerald C. Delano

December 1930

cover art by Gerald C. Delano

stories included:

Lester Dent, “The Devil’s Derelict”

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 2, 2025July 13, 2025Categories adventure, magazine, pulp, western fictionTags action stories magazine, gerald delano, lester dent, six gun, walt coburnLeave a comment on December 1930 issue – cover art by Gerald C. Delano

February 10, 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

February 10, 1940

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on March 31, 2025March 14, 2025Categories magazine, pulp, western fictionTags argosy magazine, charles green, frank r. pierce, robert carse, rudolph belarski, six gun, walt coburnLeave a comment on February 10, 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

August 1931 issue ~ cover art by Fred Craft

August 1931

cover art by Fred Craft

Posted on December 2, 2023November 30, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, historical fiction, magazine, pulp, western fictionTags bank robbery, far west stories, fred craft, pulp art, six gun, walt coburnLeave a comment on August 1931 issue ~ cover art by Fred Craft
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