#pulp novels

[spacenoirdetective]

Perry Mason pulp murder mystery covers by Charles Binger, late 50s and early 60s

[spacenoirdetective]

Doc Savage art by Joe DeVito , including one piece featuring The Shadow

[book-of-pandora]

"I ripped all her clothes off. She twisted and turned, slow, so they would slip out from under her. Then she closed her eyes and lay back on the pillow. Her hair was falling over her shoulders in snaky curls. Her eye was all black, and her breasts weren't drawn up and pointing at me, but soft, and spread out in two big pink splotches. She looked like the great-grandmother of every whore in the world. The devil got his money's worth that night."

James M. Cain, The Postman Always Rings Twice

[american-tabloid]

David Goodis - Street of No Return (Gold Medal Books 428, 1954) Cover Artist: Baryé Phillips

[ladailymirror]

December 20, 1947: Pulp writer Robert F. Burkhardt dies at the age of 55. Writing as Rob Eden, Burkhardt and his wife, Eve, produced dozens of novels and countless short stories.

December 20, 1947: Pulp Author Rob Eden Dies | Author of ‘Short Skirts: A Story of Modern Youth’

[thefugitivesaint]

Robert Stanley (1918-1996), ''When Dorinda Dances'' by Brett Halliday, 1951

[sohannabarberaesque]

Who could you imagine in a scenario such as here, Quick Draw McGraw and Babalooie? Sheriff Ricochet Rabbit and Droopalong Coyote? Scooby-Doo and company? The Clue Club?

[spacenoirdetective]

Various couples from hot and steam pulp novel covers by James Avati