"Dark Shanghai" is a

Sailor Steve Costigan Sailor Steve Costigan is a fictional character created by American writer Robert E. Howard. He is a merchant sailor on the ''Sea Girl'' and is also its champion boxer. His only true companion is a bulldog named Mike (after his brother and fellow ...

short story by

Robert E. Howard Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906June 11, 1936) was an American writer. He wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subge ...

. 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, 200 ...

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

public domain The public domain (PD) consists of all the creative work A creative work is a manifestation of creative effort including fine artwork (sculpture, paintings, drawing, sketching, performance art), dance, writing (literature), filmmaking, ...

.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