How Do Vampires Survive?
The advance of technology must pose a threat to the vampire; bureaucracy, finger print identification and security photography may force vampires to finally decide whether to risk life within the ‘normal’ community – or to survive in the netherworld of the drug and crime community, illegal immigrants and the homeless: they must be tempted to want the advantages of each, without the disadvantages of either. I suspect a fear of the tightly-ordered modern world will make the decision for them. Long life brings opportunities and knowledge; a stable community has the chance – and the need – to plan for the long term. Legends of lonely castles and huge empty estates are probably close to the truth. The modern equivalent would be the Swiss bank account, the off-shore trust … but still an emphasis on property, the safest deposit of them all – and the one vital to the Vampire life style. The vampire down on its luck would be at the mercy of everything life could throw at it – including sunlig
