"Showcases the extremes of one of the world's capitals. From ghost stories, to historical thrills, to underworld brutality . . . endlessly fascinating."- CrimeReads

Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir.Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. In Hong Kong Noir, fourteen of the city's finest authors explore the dark heart of the Pearl of the Orient in haunting stories of depravity and despair.
This anthology includes brand-new stories byJason Y. Ng, Xu Xi, Marshall Moore, Brittani Sonnenberg, Tiffany Hawk, James Tam, Rhiannon Jenkins Tsang, Christina Liang, Feng Chi-shun, Charles Philipp Martin, Shannon Young, Shen Jian, Carmen Suen, and Ysabelle Cheung.
"The history of Hong Kong, once a fishing village, encompasses piracy, the opium trade, prostitution, corruption, espionage and revolutionary plots; grist for the 14 dark tales in Hong Kong Noir."- BBC Culture
"A delightfully dark collection of fiction from Hong Kong, a city where talk is cheap and cash is still king."- Ritz-Carlton Magazine
"Ng and Blumberg-Kason defy the fates by presenting a collection of 14 stores-by Chinese tradition, an ominous number-illustrating their city's dark side . . . Readers can feel lucky to have such a collection."- Kirkus Reviews
" Hong Kong Noirdigs below the financial center's gleaming surface to unearth stories of the city's ghosts and spirits."- South China Morning Post

Jason Y. Ng is the best-selling author of Hong Kong State of Mind, No City for Slow Men, and Umbrellas in Bloom--the first book in English to chronicle the Umbrella Movement of 2014. His short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies. Ng is also an adjunct associate law professor at the University of Hong Kong and president of PEN Hong Kong.

Susan Blumberg-Kason is the author of Good Chinese Wife: A Love Affair With China Gone Wrong. Her writing has also appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books China Blog and China channel, Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, Asian Jewish Life, and several Hong Kong anthologies. She received an MPhil in government and public administration from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Blumberg-Kason lives in Chicago and frequently travels to Hong Kong.

Introduction

Part I: Hungry Ghosts & Troubled Spirits
"Ghost of Yulan Past" by Jason Y. Ng (Tin Hau)
"TST" by Xu Xi (Tsim Sha Tsui)
"This Quintessence of Dust" by Marshall More (Cheung Chau)
"The Kamikaze Caves" by Brittani Sonnenberg (Lamma Island)

Part II: Obedience & Respect
"You Deserve More" by Tiffany Hawk (Lan Kwai Fong)
"Phoenix Moon" by James Tam (Mong Kok)
"One Marriage, Two People" by Rhiannon Jenkins Tsang (Ma On Shan)

Part III: Family Matters
"Ticket Home" by Charles Philipp Martin (Yau Ma Tei)
"A View to Die For" by Christina Liang (Repulse Bay)
"Expensive Tissue Paper" by Feng Chi-shun (Diamond Hill)

Part IV: Death & Thereafter
"Blood on the Steps" by Shannon Young (The Pottinger Steps)
"Kam Tin Red" by Shen Jian (Kam Tin)
"Fourteen" by Carmen Suen (Wah Fu)
"Big Hotel" by Ysabelle Cheung (North Point)