Red Nails

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Red Nails (1936)
by Robert Ervin Howard

First published in Weird Tales, July, August-September, October 1936.

Versions proofread from scans:

  • Part 1 of 3 (Weird Tales, Volume 27, Issue 6, July 1936)
  • Part 2 of 3 (Weird Tales, vol. 28, no. 2, August-September 1936)
  • Part 3 of 3 (Weird Tales, vol. 28, no. 3, October 1936)
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Cover of Weird Tales for July 1936 - A naked Valeria is held down by two women while a third stands over her with a raised knife.
Cover of Weird Tales for July 1936 - A naked Valeria is held down by two women while a third stands over her with a raised knife.

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