
better image than previously posted
cover art by H.J. Ward

August 1959 issue
cover art by Robert Maguire?
better image than previously posted
Ed Lacy, “Killer Nymph”
Fletcher Flora, “Redheads on the Rocks”
Gil Brewer, “Harlot House”
Alex Austin, “The Only Junkie in Town”
Talmage Powell, “A Cell to Go Home To”
C.B. Gilford, “Die Slow, Sucker”
H.A. DeRosso, “Stakeout”
Simon Danghy, “The Devil to Slay”
Thomas Elliot, “Sailor Boy”

Joanna, Gun Honey, Hard Case Crime magazine cover, 2020
Mixed media on board
18 x 12 inches (45.7 x 30.5 cm) (image)
Signed and dated lower left


Ernest Chiriacka – aka Darcy – (American, 1920-2010)
The Tussle
Watercolor and ink on board
15-1/4 x 13-3/4 inches (38.7 x 34.9 cm)
Signed with pseudonym lower right

Acrylic on board
15 x 13 inches (38.1 x 33.0 cm)
Not signed
cover art by Howell Dodd

True Cases of Women in Crime magazine cover, November 1952
[post updated 8/1/26]

Ron Lesser
Thrilling Detective, Deadly Dames #1, unpublished painting
Oil on Masonite
24 x 19.25 in.
Signed lower right

better image than previously posted
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
Robert Reeves, “Over a Barrel” (Bookie Barnes)
John K. Butler, “The Corpse That Couldn’t Keep Cool” (Steve Midnight)
Norbert Davis, “Have One on the House ” (Bail Bond Dodd)
C.P. Donnel, Jr., “Pressure Island” (Colonel Kaspir)
Jan Dana, “Corpse of a Different Killer” (Acme Indemnity Op)