#13 words

Your bright face rises.

Finding repose, knowing that

Like a heartbeat slowed

Like a wave calmed

Hello, @belaeomonstro! First of all thank you for your readership, I’m glad you had fun with my theories.

Daniel Handler loves to incorporate the number 13 into his books because it’s traditionnally associated with bad luck, despair and the Unknown (topics he loves). Conversely the number 14 usually represents hope in his books. It’s also possible his knack for numerology was inspired by the Kabbalah (he incorporates a lot of Jewish themes into his stories).

Daniel Handler seems to have a rule of thumb for the way he dispatches his writings:

Books for young children (picture books readable under eight years old, or by parents) are written under the Lemony Snicket pseudonym but do not involve his persona or the V.F.D. It’s arguable, however, that they’re supposed to describe true events within the ASOUE/ATWQ universe. In “File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents”, the pharmacy from “29 myths on the Swinster pharmacy” makes a cameo. it’s canonical within his world that he wrote them and that they exist.

Books for older children (novels more appropriate for tweens) are written under the Lemony Snicket persona, heavily deal with events of his own life and usually involve V.F.D.

Stories for children and adults (which usually involve graphic sex scenes) are written under his real name. They also exist within their own separate universe and there are also crossovers between the adult novels.

You made flowers grow in places I hadn’t thought of watering for years.