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Weird Tales 1936 October

Popular Fiction Publishing Company

1936
Publication type
PeriodicalPulp magazine
Contains
Stories

Publication date: October 1936

Introduction

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.

Notes

Weird Tales Volume 28 Number 3
Cover illustrates "Isle of the Undead".
Page numbers run from 257-384 excluding covers.
Interior art credits for for "Isle of the Undead" and "The Eyrie" per Jaffery & Cook The Collector's Index to Weird Tales.

 

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Edition and production details

Language
English
Edition format
Pulp
Publication date
October 1936
Pages
132
Publisher / imprint
Popular Fiction Publishing Company
Cover art
J. Allen St. John
Illustrations
Se above
Media details
Girasol Collectables November 2013

1 linked Howard work

56 contents entries

  1. "Red Nails" (Part 3 of 3 )
  2. Isle of the Undead • novelette by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach 259 · novelette
  3. Non-REH Content
  4. Isle of the Undead • interior artwork by J. Allen St. John 259 · artwork
  5. "Isle of the Undead" by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach
  6. The Lost Temple of Xantoos • poem by Howell Calhoun 276 · poem
  7. "The Lost Temples of Xantoos" by Howell Calhoun (poem)
  8. The Opener of the Way • short story by Robert Bloch 277 · story
  9. "The Opener of the Way" by Robert Bloch
  10. The Opener of the Way • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay 277 · artwork
  11. "Witch-Burning" by Mary Elizabeth Counselman (poem)
  12. Witch-Burning • poem by Mary Elizabeth Counselman 288 · poem
  13. "The Lost Door" by Dorothy Quick
  14. The Lost Door • novelette by Dorothy Quick 289 · novelette
  15. "Doom of the House of Duryea" by Earl Peirce, Jr.
  16. The Lost Door • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay 289 · artwork
  17. "The Tree of Life" by C. L. Moore
  18. Doom of the House of Duryea • short story by Earl Peirce, Jr. 304 · story
  19. "R. E. H." by R. H. Barlow (poem)
  20. Doom of the House of Duryea • interior artwork by Harold S. De Lay 305 · artwork
  21. "The Doors of Death" by Arthur B. Waltermire
  22. Weird Tales, October 1936 • [Weird Tales Decorations] • interior artwork by uncredited (variant of Weird Tales, March 1925 1925) 314 · artwork
  23. "The Secret of Kralitz" by Henry Kuttner
  24. The Tree of Life • [Northwest Smith] • novelette by C. L. Moore 315 · novelette
  25. "The Great Keinplatz Experiment" by Arthur Conan Doyle
  26. The Tree of Life • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay 315 · artwork
  27. The Eyrie (letter column)
  28. Weird Tales, October 1936 • [Weird Tales Decorations] • interior artwork by Dwight Boyce (variant of Weird Tales, June 1936) 333 · artwork
  29. Red Nails (Part 3 of 3) • [Conan] • serial by Robert E. Howard 334
  30. Red Nails (Part 3 of 3) • interior artwork by Harold S. De Lay 335 · artwork
  31. R. E. H. • poem by R. H. Barlow 353 · poem
  32. The Doors of Death • short story by Arthur B. Waltermire 354 · story
  33. The Secret of Kralitz • short story by Henry Kuttner 361 · story
  34. Weird Story Reprint • (1928) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 366 · artwork
  35. The Great Keinplatz Experiment • (1885) • short story by Arthur Conan Doyle [as by A. Conan Doyle] 366 · story
  36. The Eyrie • (1924) • interior artwork by Andrew Brosnatch 378 · artwork
  37. The Eyrie (Weird Tales, October 1936) • [The Eyrie] • essay by The Editor 378 · essay
  38. Letter (Weird Tales, October 1936) • essay by H. P. Lovecraft 378 · essay
  39. Letter (Weird Tales, October 1936) • essay by E. Hoffmann Price378 • Letter (Weird Tales, October 1936): Conan's Strange Lands • essay by Irvin T. Gould 378 · essay
  40. Letter (Weird Tales, October 1936): The Falling Method • essay by Corwin F. Stickney [as by Corwin Stickney, Jr.] 379 · essay
  41. Letter (Weird Tales, October 1936): French Phrases • essay by Gertrude Hemken 379 · essay
  42. Letter (Weird Tales, October 1936): The Unborn • essay by John V. Baltadonis 380 · essay
  43. Letter (Weird Tales, October 1936): Keep It Weird • essay by Arel Rusl 380 · essay
  44. Letter (Weird Tales, October 1936): Again and Again • essay by Charles Donnelly 381 · essay
  45. Letter (Weird Tales, October 1936): Then and Now • essay by Joseph Allan Ryan 381 · essay
  46. Letter (Weird Tales, October 1936): Another De Grandin Tale • essay by Robert A. Madle 382 · essay
  47. Letter (Weird Tales, October 1936): Varied Comments • essay by Paul N. Nicholaioff 382 · essay
  48. Letter (Weird Tales, October 1936): Unique Among Magazines • essay by Herberte Jordan 382 · essay
  49. Letter (Weird Tales, October 1936): More Stories by Lovecraft • essay by B. M. Reynolds 383 · essay
  50. Letter (Weird Tales, October 1936): Pointed Paragraphs • essay by Donald A. Wollheim 384 · essay
  51. Letter (Weird Tales, October 1936): Pointed Paragraphs • essay by James P. Harrill 384 · essay
  52. Letter (Weird Tales, October 1936): Pointed Paragraphs • essay by R. M. Tomlinson 384 · essay
  53. Letter (Weird Tales, October 1936): Pointed Paragraphs • essay by Robert Bloch 384 · essay
  54. Letter (Weird Tales, October 1936): Pointed Paragraphs • essay by Seabury Quinn 384 · essay
  55. Letter (Weird Tales, October 1936): Pointed Paragraphs • essay by Jack Snow 384 · essay
  56. bep • Coming Next Month (Weird Tales, October 1936) • essay by uncredited essay

Contributors

J. Allen St. John
Cover artist, Illustrator
Andrew Brosnatch
Illustrator
Hugh Rankin
Illustrator
Virgil Finlay
Illustrator
Harold S. De Lay
Illustrator
Arel Rusl
Essayist
Robert Bloch
Essayist
Jack Snow
Essayist

Additional related terms

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ConanPulpRobert E. HowardWeird Tales

Bibliographic and editorial layers

Bibliographic source layer

Title
Weird Tales Volume 28 Number 3
Publisher
Popular Fiction Publishing Company
Date
October 1936
Source file
weirdtalesV28N3-October1936.html

REH World editorial layer

Title
Weird Tales 1936 October
Publisher
Popular Fiction Publishing Company
Date
October 1936
Source provenance

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