Anteprime da Danze Eretiche: A Good Secret Place di Richard Laymon

Continuiamo a scoprire i contenuti della nuova raccolta di racconti 'DANZE ERETICHE - HORROR EXPERIENCE' in uscita a Dicembre 2015, in formato eBook.
Una delle opere che saranno pubblicate in questa raccolta, tradotta in Italiano per la prima volta, è il racconto 'A GOOD, SECRET PLACE' (1993) di Richard Laymon 
L'incipit del racconto, in lingua originale:

(da 'A Good, Secret Place'  di Richard Laymon)
The new kid came up the Street from the house where Eddie and Sharon used to live. We'd seen him once before, the day he moved in. Even from a distance, we'd wanted nothing much to do with him. For starters, he couldn't have been older than about twelve. For finishers, you could tell he was a dork.
So there we were, Jim and I, playing catch in mu front yard on one of those really fine summer nights just at dusk. The neighborhood was so quiet about the only sound was the hardball smacking into our mitts. And this new kid came strolling up the Street.
It was pretty obvious what he had in mind. He was wearing a mitt.
Not just any mitt - a first baseman's glove. Have you ever noticed that the real dopey kids of this world Always use a first baseman's glove? I think it's because they're scared of the ball. A big leather scoop like that let's go for it without getting too close.
Anyway, he didn't come onto the lawn. He sayed at the edge of the street, off past Jim's side, and watched us. We pretended he wasn't there (...)