标题: 《Hybrid 》作者:- Robert Reed【EPUB】 [打印本页] 作者: zaq 时间: 2013-5-5 21:33 标题: 《Hybrid 》作者:- Robert Reed【EPUB】 HYBRID Robert Reed' s ninth novel, Marrow, should be in the stores by the time you read this issue. His new story for us re-examines the age-old theme of lycanthropy from an interesting perspective. It doesn't have anything to do with this story, but Bob also notes that he has a Siberian husky he can barely handle. I'm interested in owning one or more hybrids. What's my first step? WELKS READS VIRTUALLY everything available on the subject. He starts with the popular how-to guides, including Collins's seminal Possessing the Wild, then moves to the uneven, self- published works like Misunderstood and Souls Better Than Our Own. A national advocacy group offers him the names and phone numbers of a dozen members within a hundred-mile radius. Ten agree to speak with him. Three of them agree to let Welks see their facilities. Two of them are an older couple happy to show off their hybrids to the curious man, their pride obvious and their love heartfelt. "Like no other pet or friend," says the wife. "They're our children," her husband declares, nonchalantly scratching the tip of his nose with the remnants of his right hand. When Welks inquires about the hand, the man makes the vague admission, "Mistakes get made." Then he conspicuously says nothing else about the matter. The other tour is quick and unsettling. A tall and handsome woman perhaps five years older than Welks silently leads him to her enclosure