Serials

Sleeping the deep sleep of the profoundly traumatized, Alanna is unaware of what is going on beyond the door to her bedroom ...

While Alanna continues to relate stories of the Hagen family, the detectives have made yet another gruesome set of discoveries ...

Having to call to mind all the disgusting tales of the Hagen family is wearing Alanna down. All she'd ever hoped for was a normal life ...

Part of the investigation is learning about all the members of the strange Hagen family that Alanna had the misfortune to marry into. The memories Alanna has to share are not very clear ... almost as though something was hidden from her.

Alanna went to live alone in the desert; someone found her there. She traveled to LA, and someone followed her. She shopped at the Mall, and someone was close enough to watch her ... and that someone -- something? is getting closer ...

With food to eat, lots of shopping to unpack, and two strong detectives in the room, Alanna ought to be safe from the ominous stalker ... for while.

She was supposed to have escaped. She was supposed to be safe. But Alanna is about to find out that her mysterious adversary is still one -- if not a hundred -- steps ahead of her.

Peter's horrifying revelation about the state of Alanna's house makes her realize that she was never really as safe as she thought ... and neither were her friends ...

Alanna once again finds out that just when you think the worst is over, Fate shows you that there's plenty more misery left in the universe.

Alanna relates how there was only one thing left to do ... run to Las Vegas and fulfill plans she had been making since she decided to divorce Randolph.

Alanna attempts to resume a normal life, but the continuing weirdness drives her to drastic action ...

Disturbed by what Randolph has told her staff, Alanna does some investigating, and finds out far more than she ever wanted to know.

Horror continues to mount in Alanna's mind as she finds out all the "surprises" her increasingly aggressive husband has in store for her.

Mugged, her house in scattered disarray from intruders, Alanna struggles to make sense of her world, only to suddenly smell -- smoke!

Charlotte considers writing an essay: "What I did on my summer vacation." After all, it should be quite the story, given that she's a vampire, and just happens to be carrying a trunkful of goodies ... Originally appeared 2006-07-31.

With the help of his animal friends, Logan finds the source for the last riddle. If he can figure out the answer, he can leave Paradoxica, but his time is growing very short ...

The door is bolted, but Randolph is strangely angry and seems to care nothing for Alanna's injury ...

"One swallow does not make a summer," Frank had told Logan, who was beginning to understand more about life than he had thought existed ...

Alanna is released from the hospital -- but into a new nightmare of destruction and gross revelation.

Logan's family and friends grieve for him, and wonder if he will ever have the will to live again. He just wonders if he's smart enough to do it.

Alanna visits the restaurant owner in the hospital, not knowing how soon she will visit that hospital again.

Logan lost all the heart in himself when his twin died; she was the other half of his life. Now Logan has nothing left even of himself -- unless he can find the heart to continue on ...

Alanna makes an unexpected visit to her mother-in-law's house, and finds no grief there at all for the dead Randa, and no love from her husband Randolph, either.

Kimberly Zeider has loved writing and reading ever since she was a child. Aside from "Paradoxica," she is the author of the recently released novel, "Climbing Through Windows." When not writing, she can be found at work or spending time with her friends and family who are her biggest supporters and inspiration.

Randolph is fishing for information, on some "papers" that Randa might have handed to Alanna mere hours before her death. Alanna, listening to his voice, still wonders which one of the is crazy.

An unexpected death of a close family member, and there's no tears? Strange voices on the telephone, ugly messages following Alanna from work to home, and odd behavior by her in-laws are making her waking hours worse than any nightmare.

The police refuse to take Alanna's fears seriously without more proof. They'll get their proof, all right, but Alanna has to wonder: Is it already too late?

In the darkness of the night, Alanna is alone with the growing suspicion that not only has her husband lied to her about his past, but that he hides a secret so monstrous that she can barely wrap her mind around it...

Could anything be crazier than the story Randa has to tell Alanna? Crazier than believing it? Something as crazy as murder and arson, perhaps?