《The Osteomancer's Son》作者： - Greg van Eekhout【EPUB】

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The Osteo-Mancer's Son by Greg Van Eekhout Greg van Eekhout's stories have appeared in Asimov's, F&SF, Starlight 3, Realms of Fantasy, and Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, among other places. His story "In the Late December" was nominated for the Nebula Award last year. A year ago, Greg's first story for us, which he co-wrote with Michael J. Jasper--"California King" (April/May 2005)--was about several generations of a conjuring family. He returns to our pages with a new tale that looks at another family whose magic runs deep in their bones. * * * * The bus comes to a stop at Wilshire and Fairfax, just a few blocks from the La Brea Tar Pits. When the doors hiss open, the tar smell washes over me. Thick and ancient, it snakes through my sinuses and settles in the back of my brain like a ghost in the attic. "Get off or stay on," the driver says. So I step off into the haunted air. The walk to Farmer's Market is too short. Not enough time for me to change my mind. For a moment, I wonder if looking at my wallet photo of Miranda might give me some more courage. I know every detail by heart: She's smiling and squinting into the camera, her face sun-dappled and brilliant. The ice cream cone I bought her on her third birthday is a pink smear across her face. It's easier to think