The Compass

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Overview:

Title: The Compass
Author: Edd Vick
Year: 2005
Type: Short Fiction

Editions/Publications:

Unknown. Asimov's Science Fiction, July 2005 (Unknown, Edd Vick, Dell Magazines, $3.99, 148 pages, digest, MAGAZINE)