"Dark Shanghai" is a Sailor Steve Costigan short story by

Robert E. Howard Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American writer who wrote pulp magazine, pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He created the character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sor ...

. It was originally published in the January 1932 issue of ''

Action Stories ''Action Stories'' was a multi-genre pulp magazine published between September 1921 and Fall 1950, with a brief hiatus at the end of 1932.Cottrill, Tim. ''Bookery's Guide to Pulps and Related Magazines, 1888-1969''. Bookery Press, Fairborn, OH, 2 ...

''.Publication history at Howard Works
retrieved 15 January 2008 Howard earned $75 for the sale of this story. The story is now in the

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.The Robert-E-Howard: Electronic Amateur Press Association
, ''The Copyright and Ownership Status of the Works and Words of Robert E. Howard'' by Paul Herman, retrieved 15 January 2008

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Short stories by Robert E. Howard Pulp stories 1932 short stories Short stories about boxing Works originally published in Action Stories Short stories set in Shanghai {{1930s-story-stub