Illustrations
Selected artwork from Somewhere Publishing titles, presented with the captions used in each book.
Illustrated literary novella
Compass Hall: A Civic Fable
View six selected monochrome plates from the book, led by the Table of Compasses.
Selected from across the book; captions may reveal story details.
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Selected plate 1 of 6 · Chapter 13
The Table of Compasses
A borrowed oak table fills with compasses while the crowd looks from the steady needles to one another.
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Selected plate 2 of 6 · Chapter 1
The Lesson of North
Master Polaris kneels with schoolchildren around a worn brass compass while the Great Compass rests unguarded beneath the dome.
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Selected plate 3 of 6 · Chapter 2
The Lost Fleet
A damaged ship returns alone to the harbor as families wait beneath the distant windows of Compass Hall.
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Selected plate 4 of 6 · Chapter 6
Choose Your Own Direction
In the print shop, the first banners reading Choose Your Own Direction dry above the presses while their makers watch the words begin to travel.
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Selected plate 5 of 6 · Chapter 8
House South
Inside House South, strangers share supper at long tables while lantern light and music fill the restored warehouse.
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Selected plate 6 of 6 · Chapter 11
The Warehouse
The Cartographer stands among ordered shelves of maps that remain exact, maintained, and almost untouched.
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