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This site is a love letter to the books of Fawcett Gold Medal, the best mid-century paperback publisher.

If you enjoy Gold Medal paperbacks, pulp fiction, crime fiction, westerns, sleaze, noir, spy fiction, tales of adventure, war stories, beautiful art, hardboiled characters, books, history, nostalgia, movies, and tasteful filth, then this site is for you.

C.D. Baxter is the hired talent around here. He’s getting paid to write reviews and historical articles about Gold Medal paperbacks, sourced right out of his library. Think New York Review of Books, but greasy. He’ll also cover related topics, outside of Gold Medal books, on a whim. When he’s sober, he cranks out blog posts at the rate of one per week.

You can keep up with his current posts and upcoming projects anytime. If you have any questions for C.D., please drop him a line. He can be a cranky bastard, so tread lightly.

We hope you enjoy the site!