Red Nails
"Red Nails" is a Conan the Barbarian novella by Robert E. Howard. Published in 3 parts, from July to October, 1936.
Tropes used in Red Nails include:
- Dinosaurs Are Dragons: A Stegosaurus. A carnivorous one yet.
- Famed in Story: Valeria "of the Red Brotherhood, whose deeds are celebrated in song and ballad wherever seafarers gather."
- In the Back: Conan forgets the need to protect against this
- Liquid Assets: Tascela does this
- Pirate Girl: Valeria
- Super-Persistent Predator: the dragon/dinosaur
- Technicolor Fire: Actually, it's the smoke that's green
- They Have the Scent: the dinosaur
- Vain Sorceress: Tascela
- Was Once a Man: Tolkemac