Serials

No one has actually said Josie is a prisoner in her own home, but she's not being given much leeway. However, she has no intention of being a willing victim of abuse and dishonesty ever again...

Tyler Willson has been a lot of places, and done a lot of things. In order to provide for his wonderful wife and four (practically...) perfect children Tyler has worked as a ditch digger, preschool teacher, telephone survey taker, hand-truck builder, forklift driver, combat engineer, finance clerk, training manager, help desk analyst, database administrator, logistical overseer, and IT manager... Still, in his dreams, he is always a writer.

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

More disgusting revelations leave Josie reeling, but she has information the vampire Master had better listen to ...

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

So, if vampires are supposed to be an improvement on the human condition, why is this one confused and unaware of what's going on as well as clueless about women?

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

What does this vampire want with Josie, anyway? An admission that vampires are better than humans? Guess what, Mr. Fangs, you ain't gonna get that very soon ...

Vampires in her bedroom, vampires in her garage -- Josie has absolutely had enough of vampires to last a lifetime, and it's only been today that she discovered that vampires are real. Still irritated by the loss of her favorite wooden spoon, she has no intention of going down without a fight ...

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

Josie is being pressured into making some decision, but instinctively she knows that dealing with a vampire on any level will give them some power over her. It's up to her to find a way to get out of there and try to make some sense of the horror ...

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!

Billy is a bit on the stupid side, it seems -- even after cheating on his wife and trying to kill his lover, he has some idea he is still in control of the situation ...

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...

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

"ARE YOU READY FOR SOME VAMPIRES???" The crowd roars in response -- and Lydia Manx brings to the media a new facet of an eerie world where things are rarely as they seem to our unsuspecting eyes ...

Alanna has been stalked, her friends murdered, her life ruined. She's out of patience as of years before, and it's time for her to take her fortunes into her own hands ...

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

Time to go meet the lung-shot Stockwell and make sure he tells everything he knows. Alanna can hardly recognize her own life in the revelations of the day.

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.

Alanna has had enough and wants answers -- not only from Stockwell before he dies, but also from that yippy little pest Lindsey, who's sending all the wrong signals ...

It's about time Alanna heard from Stockwell, and from what he has to say, and how he says it, he's getting what he deserves.

It's time for Nelson to do some explaining, but the explanation only leaves Alanna with more questions than she ever wanted to ask.

The loathsome "Bobby" has words for Alanna, including the two "Vampire" and "minion." What on earth is he talking about?

Piles of bodies in the hallway, and the knowledge that the vampires are out there somewhere ... the best part of it all is that Alanna knows it's not her problem ... yet.

He's a what? A double agent? A spy? A collaborator to a lot of murders? An assassin? Alanna comes to the conclusion that automatic weapons ... and other weapons more obscure are the only answer.

Worried about her old friend Katherine, Alanna meets with the cult leader, Brother Georgie, and finds she has to deal with the most horrible memory of all ...

Alanna gets to chat with a neighbor who also wishes her ex-husband is dead, but also has to deal with the horror that she's still being watched...

In a race against time, Alanna returns in disgust to the Hagen family home to find a key that might save Michael's life.

All but one of her old friends have been found to be dead, Michael is in the hands of her stalker, and another body has been found. Alanna has a deep fear of who it might be ...