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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 1956 issue

Posted on November 30, 2025November 3, 2025Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags fist fight, frederick c. davis, george fielding eliot, jack q. lynn, john d. macdonald, manhunt magazine, william gaultLeave a comment on May 1956 issue

Fall 1952 issue

cover art attributed to J. George Janes

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 9, 2024January 11, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mysteryTags 5 detective novels magazine, day keene, frederick c. davis, negligee, stewart sterling, talmage powell, william gaultLeave a comment on Fall 1952 issue

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