The Long Way

Last night I read a couple of stories in Best New Horror 20. The first one was called "The Old Traditions are Best" by Paul Finch, in which a teenage burglar is sent on holiday to a small village in Cornwall with a couple of social workers, where he quickly decides to wreck havoc on the village during it's traditional May Day celebrations, only to find that the quaint local customs of the Hobby Horse has very dark origins, that have not gone away. The second one was "The Long Way" by Ramsey Campbell, about a teenager living in a tough estate who visits his disabled uncle every weekend, and slowly becomes convinced that there is something very sinister in a boarded up house which he passes on the way. They were both pretty good stories.

Today was very quiet, but at least it's the end of another week. This weekend I was going to try and write a short prelude to my NaNoWriMo story for this year.