diff --git a/redux-actions/index.d.ts b/redux-actions/index.d.ts
index b5415bca9d..6776f2b621 100644
--- a/redux-actions/index.d.ts
+++ b/redux-actions/index.d.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Type definitions for redux-actions v0.8.0
+// Type definitions for redux-actions 1.2
 // Project: https://github.com/acdlite/redux-actions
 // Definitions by: Jack Hsu <https://github.com/jaysoo>, Alex Gorbatchev <https://github.com/alexgorbatchev>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
@@ -23,21 +23,65 @@ declare namespace ReduxActions {
     }
 
     interface ReducerMap<State, Payload> {
-        [actionType: string]: Reducer<State, Payload>;
+        [actionType: string]: Reducer<State, Payload> | ReducerNextThrow<State, Payload>;
     }
 
-    interface Reducer<State, Payload> {
-        (state: State, action: Action<Payload>): State;
+    interface ReducerMapMeta<State, Payload, Meta> {
+        [actionType: string]: Reducer<State, Payload> | ReducerNextThrow<State, Payload>;
     }
 
-    interface ReducerMeta<State, Payload, Meta> extends Reducer<State, Payload> {
-        (state: State, action: ActionMeta<Payload, Meta>): State;
+    interface ReducerNextThrow<State, Payload> {
+        next?(state: State, action: Action<Payload>): State;
+        throw?(state: State, action: Action<Payload>): State;
     }
 
+    interface ReducerNextThrowMeta<State, Payload, Meta> {
+        next?(state: State, action: ActionMeta<Payload, Meta>): State;
+        throw?(state: State, action: ActionMeta<Payload, Meta>): State;
+    }
+
+    type ActionFunctions<Payload> = ActionFunction0<Action<Payload>> | ActionFunction1<any, Action<Payload>> | ActionFunction2<any, any, Action<Payload>> | ActionFunction3<any, any, any, Action<Payload>> | ActionFunction4<any, any, any, any, Action<Payload>> | ActionFunctionAny<Action<Payload>>;
+
+    type Reducer<State, Payload> = (state: State, action: Action<Payload>) => State;
+
+    type ReducerMeta<State, Payload, Meta> = (state: State, action: ActionMeta<Payload, Meta>) => State;
+
+    /** argument inferring borrowed from lodash definitions */
+    type ActionFunction0<R> = () => R;
+    type ActionFunction1<T1, R> = (t1: T1) => R;
+    type ActionFunction2<T1, T2, R> = (t1: T1, t2: T2) => R;
+    type ActionFunction3<T1, T2, T3, R>  = (t1: T1, t2: T2, t3: T3) => R;
+    type ActionFunction4<T1, T2, T3, T4, R> = (t1: T1, t2: T2, t3: T3, t4: T4) => R;
+    type ActionFunctionAny<R> = (...args: any[]) => R;
+
     export function createAction<Payload>(
         actionType: string,
-        payloadCreator?: (...args: any[]) => Payload,
-    ): (...args: any[]) => Action<Payload>;
+        payloadCreator: ActionFunction0<Payload>
+    ): ActionFunction0<Action<Payload>>;
+
+    export function createAction<Payload, Arg1>(
+        actionType: string,
+        payloadCreator: ActionFunction1<Arg1, Payload>
+    ): ActionFunction1<Arg1, Action<Payload>>;
+
+    export function createAction<Payload, Arg1, Arg2>(
+        actionType: string,
+        payloadCreator: ActionFunction2<Arg1, Arg2, Payload>
+    ): ActionFunction2<Arg1, Arg2, Action<Payload>>;
+
+    export function createAction<Payload, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3>(
+        actionType: string,
+        payloadCreator: ActionFunction3<Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Payload>
+    ): ActionFunction3<Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Action<Payload>>;
+
+    export function createAction<Payload, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Arg4>(
+        actionType: string,
+        payloadCreator: ActionFunction4<Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Arg4, Payload>
+    ): ActionFunction4<Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Arg4, Action<Payload>>;
+
+    export function createAction<Payload>(
+        actionType: string
+    ): ActionFunctionAny<Action<Payload>>;
 
     export function createAction<Payload, Meta>(
         actionType: string,
@@ -45,32 +89,27 @@ declare namespace ReduxActions {
         metaCreator: (...args: any[]) => Meta
     ): (...args: any[]) => ActionMeta<Payload, Meta>;
 
-    export function handleAction<StateAndPayload>(
-        actionType: { toString: () => string },
-        reducer: Reducer<StateAndPayload, StateAndPayload> | ReducerMap<StateAndPayload, StateAndPayload>
-    ): Reducer<StateAndPayload, StateAndPayload>;
-
     export function handleAction<State, Payload>(
-        actionType: { toString(): string },
-        reducer: Reducer<State, Payload> | ReducerMap<State, Payload>
+        actionType: string | ActionFunctions<Payload>,
+        reducer: Reducer<State, Payload> | ReducerNextThrow<State, Payload>
     ): Reducer<State, Payload>;
 
     export function handleAction<State, Payload, Meta>(
         actionType: { toString(): string },
-        reducer: ReducerMeta<State, Payload, Meta> | ReducerMap<State, Payload>
+        reducer: ReducerMeta<State, Payload, Meta> | ReducerNextThrowMeta<State, Payload, Meta>
     ): Reducer<State, Payload>;
 
     export function handleActions<StateAndPayload>(
         reducerMap: ReducerMap<StateAndPayload, StateAndPayload>,
-        initialState?: StateAndPayload
+        initialState: StateAndPayload
     ): Reducer<StateAndPayload, StateAndPayload>;
 
     export function handleActions<State, Payload>(
         reducerMap: ReducerMap<State, Payload>,
-        initialState?: State
+        initialState: State
     ): Reducer<State, Payload>;
 
     export function combineActions(
-        ...actionTypes: { toString(): string }[]
-    ): { toString(): string };
+        ...actionTypes: Array<ActionFunctions<any>>
+    ): Array<ActionFunctions<any>>;
 }
diff --git a/redux-actions/redux-actions-tests.ts b/redux-actions/redux-actions-tests.ts
index 4e585f9d9a..f5a2d41e18 100644
--- a/redux-actions/redux-actions-tests.ts
+++ b/redux-actions/redux-actions-tests.ts
@@ -34,13 +34,17 @@ state = actionHandlerWithReduceMap(0, multiplyAction(10));
 const actionsHandler = ReduxActions.handleActions<number, number>({
     'INCREMENT': (state: number, action: ReduxActions.Action<number>) => state + action.payload,
     'MULTIPLY': (state: number, action: ReduxActions.Action<number>) => state * action.payload
-});
+}, 0);
 
 state = actionsHandler(0, { type: 'INCREMENT' });
 
 const actionsHandlerWithInitialState = ReduxActions.handleActions<number, number>({
-    'INCREMENT': (state: number, action: ReduxActions.Action<number>) => state + action.payload,
-    'MULTIPLY': (state: number, action: ReduxActions.Action<number>) => state * action.payload
+    'INCREMENT': {
+        next: (state: number, action: ReduxActions.Action<number>) => state + action.payload,
+    },
+    'MULTIPLY': {
+        next: (state: number, action: ReduxActions.Action<number>) => state * action.payload
+    }
 }, 0);
 
 state = actionsHandlerWithInitialState(0, { type: 'INCREMENT' });
@@ -101,3 +105,44 @@ const typedActionHandlerWithReduceMap = ReduxActions.handleAction<TypedState, Ty
 );
 
 typedState = typedActionHandlerWithReduceMap({ value: 0 }, typedIncrementByActionWithMeta(10));
+
+const act = ReduxActions.createAction<string>('ACTION1')
+act('hello').payload === 'hello'
+
+const act2 = ReduxActions.createAction('ACTION2', (s: {load: boolean}) => s)
+act2({load: true}).payload.load == true
+
+const act3 = ReduxActions.createAction('ACTION3', (s: string) => ({s}))
+act3('hello').payload.s == 'hello'
+
+ReduxActions.handleAction<{ hello: string }, string>(act, (state, action) => {
+    return { hello: action.payload }
+})
+
+ReduxActions.handleAction<{ hello: { load: boolean } }, { load: boolean }>(act2, (state, action) => {
+    return { hello: action.payload }
+})
+
+ReduxActions.handleAction(act3, (state, action) => {
+    return { hello: action.payload.s }
+})
+
+ReduxActions.handleAction(ReduxActions.combineActions(act, act3, act2), () => {
+
+})
+
+/* can't do this until it lands in 2.2, HKTs
+ReduxActions.handleAction(act, (state, action) => {
+    action.payload === 'hello'
+    return {}
+})
+
+ReduxActions.handleAction(act2, (state, action) => {
+    action.payload.load === true
+    return {}
+})
+
+ReduxActions.handleAction(act3, (state, action) => {
+    action.payload.s == 'hello'
+    return {}
+})*/
diff --git a/redux-actions/tslint.json b/redux-actions/tslint.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2221e40e4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/redux-actions/tslint.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "extends": "../tslint.json" }
\ No newline at end of file