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A man in a loin-cloth standing on the left leans in towards a woman in a flowing dress standing on the right, framed by stone carvings on either side, against a black background
He started foward across the inner circle—towards her arms…
…it was the reunion of two lovers separated for eons.

The Lost Gods

By DOROTHY QUICK

From the backwaters of the Universe came two Beings—radiant, terrible—to challenge the love of a mortal man and woman!

It seemed as though everyone entered into a conspiracy to keep me from marrying Harvey Winters. Even Harvey himself.

He asked me to be his wife in stiff, old-fashioned phraseology, almost as though it were against his will, and then before I had a chance to answer, said: "I must tell you that though I love you I am not the man you should marry. I don't think it's in me to make any woman happy because of the Dream Woman."

"The dream woman?" I exclaimed.

"All my life I've had strange dreams of a beautiful, wonderful woman. I can't describe her because her loveliness is beyond words. She comes to me in dreams. I've spent my life searching for her counterpart even though I knew such a glorious being could never be of earth. It always