This book is a work of fiction, however all the characters are based on real people. The idea of a vampire really is about eternal life and there are many factual accounts of vampires having existed throughout history. This has been capitalised upon recently and vampires are experiencing a notable revival, the biggest exploitation since the days of Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and Hammer Horror films.
Vampires are needy, greedy, alluring, hateful and the rest. My mother mentioned watching a very scary vampire film in the early 1930's when she was 11, as films weren't censored in those days like they are now and it had a lasting effect on her which is why they have always been an interest of mine.
My brother Peter actually looked like a classical vampire in his younger days. He had thick black hair and porcelain skin. If he had put on a cape and some fangs he would probably have frightened people silly, especially as his heyday was the 1960s when Hammer Films were big box office business.
The Saltaire Vampires: Milner Field Resurrection
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