Red Nails
| "Red Nails" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Robert E. Howard | |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | sword and sorcery |
| Publication | |
| Published in | Weird Tales |
| Publication type | Pulp magazine |
| Publication date | 1936 |
| Series | Conan the Cimmerian |
"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, the months after Howard's suicide. It is set in the fictional Hyborian Age and concerns Conan entering a lost city whose degenerate inhabitants are entangled in a murderous blood feud. 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.