Part 3 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

• 259 • Isle of the Undead • novelette by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach
• 259 •  Isle of the Undead • interior artwork by J. Allen St. John
• 276 • The Lost Temple of Xantoos • poem by Howell Calhoun
• 277 • The Opener of the Way • short story by Robert Bloch
• 277 •  The Opener of the Way • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 288 • Witch-Burning • poem by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
• 289 • The Lost Door • novelette by Dorothy Quick
• 289 •  The Lost Door • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 304 • Doom of the House of Duryea • short story by Earl Peirce, Jr.
• 305 •  Doom of the House of Duryea • interior artwork by Harold S. De Lay
• 314 •  Weird Tales, October 1936 • [Weird Tales Decorations] • interior artwork by uncredited (variant of Weird Tales, March 1925 1925)
• 315 • The Tree of Life • [Northwest Smith] • novelette by C. L. Moore
• 315 •  The Tree of Life • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 333 •  Weird Tales, October 1936 • [Weird Tales Decorations] • interior artwork by Dwight Boyce (variant of Weird Tales, June 1936)
• 334 • Red Nails (Part 3 of 3) • [Conan] • serial by Robert E. Howard
• 335 •  Red Nails (Part 3 of 3) • interior artwork by Harold S. De Lay
• 353 • R. E. H. • poem by R. H. Barlow
• 354 • The Doors of Death • short story by Arthur B. Waltermire
• 361 • The Secret of Kralitz • short story by Henry Kuttner
• 366 •  Weird Story Reprint • (1928) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin
• 366 • The Great Keinplatz Experiment • (1885) • short story by Arthur Conan Doyle [as by A. Conan Doyle]
• 378 •  The Eyrie • (1924) • interior artwork by Andrew Brosnatch
• 378 • The Eyrie (Weird Tales, October 1936) • [The Eyrie] • essay by The Editor
• 378 •  Letter (Weird Tales, October 1936) • essay by H. P. Lovecraft
• 378 •  Letter (Weird Tales, October 1936) • essay by E. Hoffmann Price378 •  Letter (Weird Tales, October 1936): Conan’s Strange Lands • essay by Irvin T. Gould
• 379 •  Letter (Weird Tales, October 1936): The Falling Method • essay by Corwin F. Stickney [as by Corwin Stickney, Jr.]
• 379 •  Letter (Weird Tales, October 1936): French Phrases • essay by Gertrude Hemken
• 380 •  Letter (Weird Tales, October 1936): The Unborn • essay by John V. Baltadonis
• 380 •  Letter (Weird Tales, October 1936): Keep It Weird • essay by Arel Rusl
• 381 •  Letter (Weird Tales, October 1936): Again and Again • essay by Charles Donnelly
• 381 •  Letter (Weird Tales, October 1936): Then and Now • essay by Joseph Allan Ryan
• 382 •  Letter (Weird Tales, October 1936): Another De Grandin Tale • essay by Robert A. Madle
• 382 •  Letter (Weird Tales, October 1936): Varied Comments • essay by Paul N. Nicholaioff
• 382 •  Letter (Weird Tales, October 1936): Unique Among Magazines • essay by Herberte Jordan
• 383 •  Letter (Weird Tales, October 1936): More Stories by Lovecraft • essay by B. M. Reynolds
• 384 •  Letter (Weird Tales, October 1936): Pointed Paragraphs • essay by Donald A. Wollheim
• 384 •  Letter (Weird Tales, October 1936): Pointed Paragraphs • essay by James P. Harrill
• 384 •  Letter (Weird Tales, October 1936): Pointed Paragraphs • essay by R. M. Tomlinson
• 384 •  Letter (Weird Tales, October 1936): Pointed Paragraphs • essay by Robert Bloch
• 384 •  Letter (Weird Tales, October 1936): Pointed Paragraphs • essay by Seabury Quinn
• 384 •  Letter (Weird Tales, October 1936): Pointed Paragraphs • essay by Jack Snow
• bep • Coming Next Month (Weird Tales, October 1936) • essay by uncredited