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"You can never reach the coast. There is no escape from Xuchotl."

Black and white illustration of a throne room. A bearded man in a robe sits on the throne; at his side stands a woman in loin cloth and bikini top, gesturing to the audience. The audience, standing in front of the throne, is a tall man in shorts and shoulder-sash and a woman in shorts and shirt. A man in a loin cloth kneels to their side, two more sit in the background.

Red Nails

By ROBERT E. HOWARD

One of the strangest stories ever written—the tale of a barbarian adventurer, a woman pirate, and a weird roofed city inhabited by the most peculiar race of men ever spawned

The Story Thus Far

Valeria, a woman pirate forced by circumstances to join a mercenary army stationed on the Stygian-Darfar border, killed an officer who insulted her and deserted, fleeing into the wilderness that lay to the south. Conan, a Cimmerian, followed her, and caught up with her in a forest after a long pursuit. Conan was enamored of her, but