The Buck

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Overview:

Title: The Buck
Author: Reid Collins
Year: 1982
Type: Short Fiction

Variant Titles:

1988. Il Cervo

Editions/Publications:

Unknown. The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 1982 (Unknown, Reid Collins, Mercury Press, Inc., $1.50, 164 pages, digest, MAGAZINE)