Vampire Dawn

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Vampire Dawn is the first novel by Philip Henry, an Irish writer specialising in horror fiction.

Published in 2004, by Black Death Books, Vampire Dawn is set in/around Coleraine and Portstewart in Northern Ireland. It features three main characters - a pair of married vampires living in the former Arcadia Ballroom, Portrush and an alcoholic vampire hunter.

A number of local businesses are represented in a fictionalised sense but are recognisable. For example, the undertaker supplying coffins to the vampires, 'Hughes' is described as being close enough to the River Bann for a passing car to crash into the river. It is probably based on the real-life 'Hugh Wade and Son', sited near the Bann. A shoe-shop in Portrush bears a resemblance to the local department store 'The White House'.