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"You can never reach the coast. There is no escape from Xuchotl."
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
This story began in WEIRD TALES for July
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