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Moon Madness
by Rosaleen Norton
…His face was marvellously beautiful and sad with all the sadness of the ages—sad yet utterly, soullessly evil. His was a detached wickedness of something beyond humanity, like an archangel of evil. It might in fact have been a mask of Lucifer at the time of his fall—still young, yet incredibly ancient in the knowledge of ghastly secrets and fearful rites that were old when mankind lived like apes in the trees…
Smith’s Weekly, 1934
The Australian Red Cross’ refreshment tent at the back of the horticultural pavilion at the Royal Easter Show was enjoying a surge in popularity. The Maroubra Invitational Race was generating considerable interest and a static display model of the speedway complete with racing cars added a certain excitement to tea and bis
