by coldcomfort
A conventional portrayal of vampirism derived, as most all twentieth century works are, from the 1930's movie, Dracula. Has distorted everything vampire in the US ever since. A shame, really.
I recommend the more interesting wide range of vampire myths from other parts of the world. Japan is particularly creative with the myth.
Cheers everyone for your comments. And your right mbrow, that number is completely wrong. I am going to put it down to shabby research, a simple typo or, and this is more likely than I should admit: both. Anyway, I'm glad you liked it.
I just found your works and enjoyed "A Taste of Night."
In this "A Voyage into Night Ch. 01" you list a unlikely capacity (60,000 passengers and crew) for a cruise ship.
The current largest cruise ship, from the Royal Caribbean line, MS Allure of the Seas, reports a crew of 2,394 (http://www.royalcaribbean.com/findacruise/ships/class/ship/home.do?shipCode=HM) and Wikipedia reports passenger capacity at 6,780 maximum.
A very well written story wiutheally hope you plan on a chapter 2 of this excellent vampire story for not to continue would be such a shame to leave such an excellent stort unfinished. A very well written 5-STAR story with an excellent plot and excellent character development. Keep up the good work and write more excellent stories like this one. Retired Army NCO