May 23, 2022

Novella

Beverly Pauley lives in Alderson, West Virginia, with her husband, Curtis, and dacshund, Quentin -- named for Quentin Collins, werewolf in the television show "Dark Shadows." Pauley is a long-time fan of Edgar Allen Poe and all things Gothic. She graduated from New River Community and Technical College, Lewisburg, West Virgina, and Concord University, Athens, West Virginia, with English and Journalism degrees, and is a member of the West Virginia Writers.

Rutherford Zucks has escaped the smelly ramps season in West Virginia. But Daytona Beach holds more for him than just surf and moonlight ...

Daytona Beach has changed Rutherford Zucks forever, including his hair color ...

Revenuers! Hide the still! But we don't have a still! Hide the guns! But we don't have guns! ... Hide the vampire? Oh, yes, that we got...

It's their favorite holiday of the year ... well, maybe right behind Biker Week ..! But what a grand time to get together with friends and dance the night away!

The season changes, and snow covers the mountainside. When two hunters make camp on the mountain, will they find a vampire -- or a hero?

"Man's days are full of trouble and woe, but so are a vampire's."

Rutherford Zucks may be averse to biting people, but he's certainly no coward when it comes to defending the innocent ...

In spite of being a hero, Rutherford Zucks vampire powers can't save him from ... a virus?

Can a dog become a vampire? Especially if the dog is a ... bloodhound?

A renegade vampire has escaped, and Rutherford Zucks fears that he will come after him for revenge ...

Thinking back to all the times Brent has saved his life, Rutherford Zucks knows that he cannot hesitate -- he must rescue Brent!

But, one asks, how did Rutherford Zucks end up a vampire? What bat in his right mind would bite him?

A fortune teller has warned Rutherford Zucks and his mother to flee from deadly peril. Sadly enough for Rutherford, the strange woman was absolutely right ...

The first time at the Vampires' Ball for Amanda and Purple Lips should be memorable, and the feuding McBiters are going to make sure it is ...

Amanda and Purple Lips have been kidnapped, and even the faithful bloodhound Vlad could not protect them! Rutherford Zucks must risk the coming dawn -- can he save them before sunlight ends his unnatural life?

A celebrity hero like Vlad can't just stay home and rest on his laurels -- no, this most noble of bloodhounds is taking his famous face to the Dog Show!

Beer and beautiful girls -- the dog show is fun, but this wasn't what Vlad the Inhaler was meant to do ...

Short

Some times a family has to provide "tough love" for their wayward child ... even in the perfect zombie world.