The Lesser Dead

Step into the gritty, neon-drenched underworld of 1978 New York City, where Joey Peacock, an eternal adolescent vampire, has perfected his predatory routine. For forty years, he's savored the thrill of the hunt, gliding through punk clubs and disco halls, feeding unseen on the unsuspecting. His playground is the labyrinthine subway system, his sanctuary the macabre tunnels beneath the city, shared with others of his ancient kind. Joey’s existence is a hedonistic ballet of blood and shadows, a world where humans are mere sustenance and the greatest threat is boredom. But his carefully constructed reality shatters one night when he witnesses a new breed of vampire preying on his beloved subway lines—children with disturbingly merry eyes, unlike any he’s ever known. Their arrival signals a terrifying shift in the vampiric hierarchy and an existential threat to his established order. Suddenly, the hunter becomes the hunted, and the undead denizens of Manhattan are no longer safe, forcing Joey to confront a darkness far more ancient and ruthless than himself.