DavidJThirteen

This is a collection of my older stories that I never assembled in a single place before. I will add new ones from time to time, and each will be re-edited to improve readability but will be kept the same in terms of story and action. I will also be adding personal notes looking back on my reasons for writing them.…

DavidJThirteen

Dr. Richard Cardin's is called to a remote estate to bear witness to a groundbreaking scientific discovery. But when he spies a bewitching young woman from his window, the purpose of his visit becomes secondary to the mysteries confronting him. Who is she? Why does she roam the lonely grounds at night? and why does his host claim to know nothing about her?As Dr. Cardin searches the mansion's dark hallways and wild, moonlit gardens for the woman and for answers, he begins to question if she's real at all. Might she be a specter from the house's past? Or is she a manifestation of his own troubled mind? Or perhaps the answer is more sinister than he could ever suspect?The Eternal Guest: A Novella of Gothic Horror…

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Among gallery owners and collectors, Skad is known as The Atrocity Artist for his transgressive paintings depicting zombified people fused with transistors, vacuum tubes, and circuit boards. But his true masterpiece, his ultimate atrocity, has been his own existence. To reach his goals, Skad has destroyed more lives than he can remember, all with a cruel blend of indifference, malice, and glee.Now, reeling from the death of his estranged son and facing his own approaching mortality, he returns to his family home on Lake Sauvage to get some peace. But the community by the water has a long memory, and in its earth, the past refuses to stay dead.David J. Thirteen presents a Wattpad Exclusive: THE ATROCITY ARTIST, a story of quiet horror.…

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A Paranormal ThrillerPsychology professor Denton Reed has been pulled out of the classroom to find a killer. Bodies are turning up all over the quiet town of Bexhill. They are found dismembered and burned beyond recognition in a snow covered farmer's field, by the abandoned mill, and under the train bridge. The only clue linking the victims is the bizarre figure-eight patterns left behind in their homes.Denton must use his unique profiling techniques to uncover the murderer, who the police have dubbed Mr. 8. As he begins to unravel the mystery, a strange pattern begins to emerge. Before their deaths, each victim was seized by dark obsessions and inexplicable changes in behavior. Whatever strange forces are affecting the people of Bexhill, they may actually be more dangerous than any killer.As a wave of insanity sweeps the town, Denton will put his life on the line to get to the source of the madness and risk all to protect the woman he loves.But is it already too late?[Rated PG-13 For scenes of violence and strong language] *Cover art by Donald Cronkhite.Best RankingMay 12, 2014 - #1 Mystery/Thriller, #2 Horror…

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In the spring of 2012, the US government captured a creature that wasn't supposed to exist. Faced with a monster of myth and nightmares, they built a secret facility half a mile beneath the earth to lock it away. But the scientists and caregivers charged with observing this specimen have been selected because of the control the government has over them more than their skills. Every one of them is emotionally damaged or morally ambiguous. They are so consumed with tragedies from their past they barely notice the humanity of the monster they tend or their own monstrous actions. As they seek redemption for their sins and failures, they are completely blinded to the machinations of the sinister corporation plotting against the creature and everyone in contact with it.[Rated PG13 - NOT FOR ALL AUDIENCES - Contains coarse language, scenes of violence, and scenes of mild sexuality and drug use.]Cover Design by David J. Thirteen; original artwork by BonnyBXX via Pixabay.com…

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It has been four years since the government captured and imprisoned Amy Westgate after she massacred her family one moonlit night. She has grown up inside the secret laboratory known as The Music Box, where she has existed in two small rooms: a bedroom for when she's human and a steel pen for when she isn't. At the age of sixteen, knowing almost no other life, she is content in her insular world.The team of researchers headed by cryptozoologist R.J. Blass have grown close after the attack on the facility that nearly killed them all. The Music Box is their world too and their old lives are just as forgotten as Amy's. But when the government orders an end to the project, loyalties will be tested and old wounds will resurface.[Rated PG13 - NOT FOR ALL AUDIENCES - Contains coarse language, scenes of violence, and scenes of mild sexuality and drug use.]Cover Design by David J. Thirteen; original artwork by BonnyBXX via Pixabay.com…

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Somewhere in the murky future, the city-state of New Hollywood stands like a jewel by the ocean. It is one of the few remaining strongholds of civilization. It is an idyllic land where people live prosperously and free of crime. It is a place where celebrities walk among its populous like demigods. And the only thing threatening its peace is the shadowy Pan Global Alliance. An ultra-militaristic coalition of rival city-states, the PGA launch covert terror attacks against the New Hollywood government and its citizens. Luckily, the city's leaders - the Executives - are there to ensure the safety of this island of tranquility. At least this is how it all seems to Owen Stewart before a chance encounter reveals the truth to him and changes his life for ever. Onetime star reporter, now fugitive from justice, Owen must fight for his life and rebuild his identity, as all the forces of the city are turned against him. And somehow, he has to expose the truth to the rest of the populous or die in the attempt. I Was Owen Stewart is the first story of The Times of New Hollywood, a series of interlaced tales exploring the canals and waterways of the great future metropolis.…