Description
Journey into the shadowy depths of It’s Always Raining Corpses in Chinatown, a compendium edition that brings together captivating tales of Asian intrigue from the classic detective and adventure pulps of the 1920s-40s. Across 700 pages and featuring 17 stories, this anthology collects Don Hutchison’s It’s Raining Corpses in Chinatown and its sequel, It’s Still Raining Corpses in Chinatown, guiding readers through the atmospheric mysteries of vintage pulp fiction, steeped in the rich cultural tapestry of Asia.
Prepare to be transported to the dark and gritty streets of Chinatown, where danger lurks around every corner, and venture into the exotic locales of the South Seas, where mysteries abound and secrets lie beneath the waves. Join renowned authors such as Dashiell Hammett, Loring Brent, T.T. Flynn, Steve Fisher, Frank Gruber, Hugh B. Cave, Frederick Nebel, and more as they spin captivating yarns of intrigue, betrayal, and thrilling suspense.
For fans of hard-boiled detective fiction and adrenaline-fueled adventures, It’s Always Raining Corpses in Chinatown is an essential addition to your pulp fiction library. Prepare to be enthralled from the very first page to the last.
Written by Dashiell Hammett, Loring Brent, Sidney Herschel Small, Ralph R. Perry, Russell Gray, T.T. Flynn, Justin Case, John K. Butler, Dane Gregory, Steve Fisher, Emile C. Tepperman, Arden X. Pangborn, William Hines, Frank Gruber, Hugh B. Cave, Frederick Nebel; cover by Jerome Rozen; frontispiece by Franklyn E. Hamilton; edited and introduced by Don Hutchison
It’s Always Raining Corpses in Chinatown by Don Hutchison contains the following stories:
- “The House in Turk Street” by Dashiell Hammett
- “The Octopus of Hong Kong” by Loring Brent
- “King Cobra” by Sidney Herschel Small
- “The Wrong Move” by Ralph R. Perry
- “It’s Raining Corpses in Chinatown” by Russell Gray
- “The Jade Joss” by T.T. Flynn
- “In the Dragon’s Lair” by Justin Case
- “Blood on the Buddha” by John K. Butler
- “The Mandarin’s Thirty-Third Tooth” by Dane Gregory
- “The Blue Coffin” by Steve Fisher
- “Tong Torture” by Emile C. Tepperman
- “The House of Doom” by Arden X. Pangborn
- “Corpses in Chinatown” by William Hines
- “The Choking Chalice” by Frank Gruber
- “The Headless Idol” by Sidney Herschel Small
- “The Pain Room” by Hugh B. Cave
- “Lead Poison” by Frederick Nebel
