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Southern Star, v. 1, issue 1, 1941

Page 18

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SOUTHERN STAR Dreams Come True Page 18 The fire crackled and leaped higher, casting more light on the ghastly scene. The moon rose higher and higher over the horizon until the grosteque figure formed by the shadows stood directly above the Joker. The light cast by the fire played over the now glazed eyeballs and revealed the happy smile on the unearthly face of the former millionaire. The Joker had dreamed once more! The wind, softly rustling through the leaves of the trees, seemed to whisper, "Dreams do come true, don't they, Joker?" The Joker didn't answer, for his last dream -- that of death -- had come true. THE END - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - THE STORM LOVER by Fred W. Fischer - Tennessee - - Verse - The eagles soar round Theda's tomb At the top of yon lofty crag, And the high winds shriek o'er the topmost peak A-wailing like a hag. Wild was the night of Theda's doom When she climbed that storm-lashed rock; The red lightning flashed and the thunder crashed As she stood the Gods to mock. Ah! Theda loved the rolling boom Of turmoil in the sky, And the stinging pain of the driving rain Roaring from on high. Theda leaped from the precipice Into the wind's embrace -- The wind soared high with a joyous sigh To fling her in a daze To the scarp below and in ice and snow Dull the challenge of her eyes. So Theda lies now in a tomb On the edge of the deep abyss Where her spirit haunts the heavens with taunts And feels the killer wind's kiss. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The staff of the SOUTHERN STAR, and the officers of the DIXIE FANTASY FEDERATION are 100% behind the official World Science--Fiction Convention in Denver this summer, and strongly urge all Southern fans able to do so, to attend this affair, in order to insure increased representation for the South. Remember -- all DFF members are entiled to join the Southern group trip to the Denvention thus cutting costs in half. JOIN NOW!
 
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