Night Crossing

Night Crossing is a short story that serves as an introduction to the main Underwood &amp; Flinch series.

Summary
''Meet Underwood and Flinch as they cross the Mediterranean on a foggy night. Are they being followed? And if so, by whom? And who should be more worried, the hunter or the hunted?''

A vampire short story that whets the reader's appetite for the novel, "Underwood and Flinch"

- Smashwords

Synopsis
The story takes place on a cargo ship called the Glenmalloch, on a foggy, cold night in 1958. The ship, carrying mostly produce and tobacco along with eight passengers, has been travelling over 12 hours from the Algerian port of Oran across the Mediterranean Sea. Two men in formal black suits are discussing a dead cat that the taller one is handing to the shorter one. We learn that the men are called Underwood and Flinch, respectively. It is implied that something happened that caused Underwood to kill the cat.

As Flinch drops the cat overboard, Underwood asks him the time, checking his own pocket watch, and the ship's speed. Flinch remarks that it's after 8:30 and the ship is moving at 5 knots.