Part 1 of 3. “Red Nails” is the last of the stories featuring Conan the Cimmerian written by American author Robert E. Howard. A novella, it was originally serialized in Weird Tales magazine from July to October 1936. It’s set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan encountering a lost city in which the degenerate inhabitants are proactively resigned to their own destruction. Due to its dark themes of decay and death, the story is considered a classic of Conan lore while also cited by Howard scholars as one of his best tales.

Contents

• 2 • Necromancy in Naat • [Zothique] • novelette by Clark Ashton Smith
• 3 •  Necromancy in Naat • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 15 • Hagar • poem by Edgar Daniel Kramer
• 16 • Red Nails (Part 1 of 3) • [Conan] • serial by Robert E. Howard
• 17 •  Red Nails (Part 1 of 3) • interior artwork by Harold S. De Lay
• 36 • When the World Slept • short story by Edmond Hamilton
• 37 •  When the World Slept • interior artwork by Harold S. De Lay
• 48 • Death • poem by Alfred I. Tooke
• 49 • The Unborn • short story by Ronal Kayser
• 49 •  The Unborn • interior artwork by Harold S. De Lay
• 60 • Loot of the Vampire (Part 2 of 2) • [Peters & Ethredge] • serial by Thorp McClusky
• 61 •  Loot of the Vampire (Part 2 of 2) • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 75 • Lost Paradise • [Northwest Smith] • novelette by C. L. Moore
• 75 •  Lost Paradise • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 91 • Dream Sepulture • poem by C. A. Butz
• 92 • The Return of Sarah Purcell • short story by August Derleth [as by August W. Derleth]
• 97 • Kharu Knows All • short story by Renier Wyers
• 101 • The Kelpie • short story by Manly Wade Wellman
• 105 • The Snakeskin Cigar-Case • short story by Bodo Wildberg (trans. of Schlangenhaut? 1911)
• 109 •  Weird Story Reprint • (1928) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin
• 109 • The Ring of Thoth • (1890) • short story by Arthur Conan Doyle [as by A. Conan Doyle]
• 117 • Coming Next Month (Weird Tales, July 1936) • essay by uncredited
• 123 • The Eyrie (Weird Tales, July 1936) • [The Eyrie] • essay by The Editor
• 123 •  Letter (Weird Tales, July 1936): Virgil Finlay’s Art • essay by Hal Bierman
• 123 •  Letter (Weird Tales, July 1936): Uncovering New Authors • essay by Donald Allgeier
• 124 •  Letter (Weird Tales, July 1936): Burks, Bloch, Lovecraft • essay by Corwin F. Stickney [as by Corwin Stickney, Jr.]
• 124 •  Letter (Weird Tales, July 1936): Again! • essay by Gertrude Hemken
• 125 •  Letter (Weird Tales, July 1936): Praised with Faint Damns • essay by Willis Conover [as by Willis Conover, Jr.]
• 125 •  Letter (Weird Tales, July 1936): Tales of Ancient Black Arts • essay by Allen Greenwood, Jr.
• 125 •  Letter (Weird Tales, July 1936): Mr. Bloch’s Latest • essay by E. Jean Magie
• 126 •  Letter (Weird Tales, July 1936): For the Intellectual Appetitie • essay by Samuel Gordon
• 126 •  Letter (Weird Tales, July 1936): The Doctor Satan Stories • essay by Adelina Hancock
• 126 •  Letter (Weird Tales, July 1936): Doctor Satan Getting Better • essay by Robert A. Madle
• 126 •  Letter (Weird Tales, July 1936): The Hour of the Dragon • essay by Alvin V. Pershing
• 126 •  Letter (Weird Tales, July 1936): Seabury Quinn, Take Notice • essay by Kristine Karkau
• 127 •  Letter (Weird Tales, July 1936): Author’s Comment • essay by Henry Kuttner
• 128 •  Letter (Weird Tales, July 1936): Concise Comments • essay by J. J. O’Donnell
• 128 •  Letter (Weird Tales, July 1936): Concise Comments • essay by Carl Jacobi
• 128 •  Letter (Weird Tales, July 1936): Concise Comments • essay by Harold F. Keating
• 128 •  Letter (Weird Tales, July 1936): Concise Comments • essay by Robert Bloch
• 128 •  Letter (Weird Tales, July 1936): Concise Comments • essay by Frank L. Cavano