I recently read an article which indicated that there were many "real" vampires living in New Orleans. While they don't fit the stereotypical vampires of popular books and movies, they do indeed follow some practices embraced by their literary counterparts such as feeding on blood and living a nocturnal existence.

In my book, "Forever Midnight," there are a number of vampires with colorful background stories living among humans in NYC.

But many of Mallory's friends deny their existence. Here is what one young man argues:
"...... This is New York City, not Transylvania. There are no pale dudes with fangs and long capes skulking through fog....Next Mallory will be talking about castles and coffins. He chuckled to himself....."
"Forever Midnight" (c) 2015 Carol Suraci

But he was wrong; in "Forever Midnight," vampires DID walk among humans.

If you live in NYC, the next time you are out late, best watch that person lingering in the darkness! He/she may LOOK human, but.......