To the East, a Bright Star

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Overview:

Title: To the East, a Bright Star
Author: James Maxey
Year: 2005
Type: Short Fiction

Variant Titles:

2007. To the East a Bright Star

Editions/Publications:

Unknown. Asimov's Science Fiction, December 2005 (Unknown, James Maxey, Dell Magazines, $3.99, 148 pages, digest, MAGAZINE)