Mattie Lewis
@devilsdoorbell.bsky.social
Folklore & folk horror enthusiast. Deactivates often, due to agonies.
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Mattie Lewis
@devilsdoorbell.bsky.social
· Oct 18
Hello, new followers!
I'm Mattie and I'm a St. Louis-based writer. I mostly write short fiction though I've got a novel in the works. My genres of choice are dark fantasy, horror, romance, and erotic fiction—esp with gothic or folkloric elements. I love history, horror movies, and heavy metal.
I'm Mattie and I'm a St. Louis-based writer. I mostly write short fiction though I've got a novel in the works. My genres of choice are dark fantasy, horror, romance, and erotic fiction—esp with gothic or folkloric elements. I love history, horror movies, and heavy metal.
I love writing but writing sucks. Dancing, on the other hand? I love it and it rules.
Next year I’ll be learning from my dance teacher who has produced dance shows for nearly 20 years now how to produce a show and I’m very excited about it. I’ve had ideas for shows I’d like to put on (esp. for raising money for local charities) for a while, but not the knowledge or connections
November 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I love writing but writing sucks. Dancing, on the other hand? I love it and it rules.
Next year I’ll be learning from my dance teacher who has produced dance shows for nearly 20 years now how to produce a show and I’m very excited about it. I’ve had ideas for shows I’d like to put on (esp. for raising money for local charities) for a while, but not the knowledge or connections
November 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Next year I’ll be learning from my dance teacher who has produced dance shows for nearly 20 years now how to produce a show and I’m very excited about it. I’ve had ideas for shows I’d like to put on (esp. for raising money for local charities) for a while, but not the knowledge or connections
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choosing happiness by refusing to go look at the news to find out what terrible thing everyone's vaguely alluding to without the courtesy of including words I've muted
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
choosing happiness by refusing to go look at the news to find out what terrible thing everyone's vaguely alluding to without the courtesy of including words I've muted
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guys i dont think i defrosted my turkey right
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
guys i dont think i defrosted my turkey right
Disney is really innovating at making stuff that sucks suck even more
Disney has revealed a next-generation robotic figure of Frozen's Olaf that will literally walk, talk, and interact with guests around the World of Frozen lands at Disneyland Paris and Hong Kong Disneyland in early 2026. https://bit.ly/4okgGQW
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Disney is really innovating at making stuff that sucks suck even more
Imo when someone thinks horror and romance can’t coexist there can only be two reasons. The understandable one is a deep attachment to the bleak ending. The other one is there’s some misogyny (internalized or otherwise) going on and you don’t want to get cooties from romance in horror media
it's always interesting when conversions about horror romance arise, with even transgressive folks agreeing there is no way for the two to coexist. like it might be a fucked up romance, much like what we see in dark and gothic romance, but idk...
people can get disemboweled and still have a HEA
people can get disemboweled and still have a HEA
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Imo when someone thinks horror and romance can’t coexist there can only be two reasons. The understandable one is a deep attachment to the bleak ending. The other one is there’s some misogyny (internalized or otherwise) going on and you don’t want to get cooties from romance in horror media
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am I even awake right now?
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
am I even awake right now?
I got burnout halfway through student teaching and realized my original career goal of teaching middle school English was not for me, worked at a Barnes&Nobel, fell into optician work when my optometrists’ office was hiring, lost my shit during Covid, applied to library jobs until I finally got one
November 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I got burnout halfway through student teaching and realized my original career goal of teaching middle school English was not for me, worked at a Barnes&Nobel, fell into optician work when my optometrists’ office was hiring, lost my shit during Covid, applied to library jobs until I finally got one
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I’ve created an AI that can perfectly and efficiently write Don Quixote
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I’ve created an AI that can perfectly and efficiently write Don Quixote
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Protestants could never tbh
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 22, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Protestants could never tbh
I've been playing Slay the Princess this weekend and wow is that game way fucking weirder (complimentary) than I thought it was going to be. Big recommend if you like branching choice-based games. However much you know about it, stop there. Best to go in as blind as possible.
November 17, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I've been playing Slay the Princess this weekend and wow is that game way fucking weirder (complimentary) than I thought it was going to be. Big recommend if you like branching choice-based games. However much you know about it, stop there. Best to go in as blind as possible.
Thinking of going social media hermit mode until after the holidays are over. It’s a stressful time of year for me.
November 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Thinking of going social media hermit mode until after the holidays are over. It’s a stressful time of year for me.
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Mood, by noonsillustrations on IG.
November 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Mood, by noonsillustrations on IG.
Realized with where this scene is located on my scrivener doc relative go the others I’ve accidentally written rep for the PMDD/PME girlies and I think I’m just gonna make that as good as canon tbh
I fiddling around with my romance novel and started writing a scene i hadn’t planned on that I realized is actually going to be helpful for giving the story more structure/momentum, at least wrt to the development of the protagonists’ relationship.
It’s also real angsty
It’s also real angsty
November 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Realized with where this scene is located on my scrivener doc relative go the others I’ve accidentally written rep for the PMDD/PME girlies and I think I’m just gonna make that as good as canon tbh
There is little I hate to see more than lifted F1-50s in the city or suburbs. You do not need that tank to go to your office job or the grocery store.
pickup trucks for the average person should not have been allowed to advance past this. if you need anything bigger, you should have to provide some kind of documentation showing you have the license and need for special heavy machinery, otherwise you get the 1990 toyota hilux
November 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
There is little I hate to see more than lifted F1-50s in the city or suburbs. You do not need that tank to go to your office job or the grocery store.
If I was going to do a pithy summary of this story it’s “two people who hate themselves find love and self-actualization through folklore-heavy fantasy Satanism”
I fiddling around with my romance novel and started writing a scene i hadn’t planned on that I realized is actually going to be helpful for giving the story more structure/momentum, at least wrt to the development of the protagonists’ relationship.
It’s also real angsty
It’s also real angsty
November 14, 2025 at 4:39 AM
If I was going to do a pithy summary of this story it’s “two people who hate themselves find love and self-actualization through folklore-heavy fantasy Satanism”
I fiddling around with my romance novel and started writing a scene i hadn’t planned on that I realized is actually going to be helpful for giving the story more structure/momentum, at least wrt to the development of the protagonists’ relationship.
It’s also real angsty
It’s also real angsty
November 14, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I fiddling around with my romance novel and started writing a scene i hadn’t planned on that I realized is actually going to be helpful for giving the story more structure/momentum, at least wrt to the development of the protagonists’ relationship.
It’s also real angsty
It’s also real angsty
“Toasted ravioli”
Lyme Disease
November 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
“Toasted ravioli”
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I decided not to read the emails pedophiles sent each other. I understand the importance but that's not how I'm spending my day today.
November 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I decided not to read the emails pedophiles sent each other. I understand the importance but that's not how I'm spending my day today.
I am having fun with my #Witch/InquisitorWIP again
November 13, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I am having fun with my #Witch/InquisitorWIP again
Can’t believe I forgot but also: femdom, but more in a “man submits to beautiful feminine woman in terrified reverence even and perhaps esp. if she is cruel to him despite the fact that he could strangle her one-handed” sense than “buff muscle mommy steps on man’s balls then brutally pegs him” sense
Not listing by character because sometimes the kink is just my barely disguised fetish but some that commonly come up in my work are:
Blasphemy
BDSM (emphasis on the D and M)
Outdoor sex
CNC
Monsterfucking (primarily demons)
Blood (generally, also menstrual blood specifically)
Spit
Breathplay
Blasphemy
BDSM (emphasis on the D and M)
Outdoor sex
CNC
Monsterfucking (primarily demons)
Blood (generally, also menstrual blood specifically)
Spit
Breathplay
In the spirit of kink positivity--what kinks do everyone's characters have (if this is something your characters have)?
*Important note: Ace people and characters can and do also have kinks!
*Important note: Ace people and characters can and do also have kinks!
November 13, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Can’t believe I forgot but also: femdom, but more in a “man submits to beautiful feminine woman in terrified reverence even and perhaps esp. if she is cruel to him despite the fact that he could strangle her one-handed” sense than “buff muscle mommy steps on man’s balls then brutally pegs him” sense
The St. Louis subreddit really delivers sometimes
November 13, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The St. Louis subreddit really delivers sometimes
Not listing by character because sometimes the kink is just my barely disguised fetish but some that commonly come up in my work are:
Blasphemy
BDSM (emphasis on the D and M)
Outdoor sex
CNC
Monsterfucking (primarily demons)
Blood (generally, also menstrual blood specifically)
Spit
Breathplay
Blasphemy
BDSM (emphasis on the D and M)
Outdoor sex
CNC
Monsterfucking (primarily demons)
Blood (generally, also menstrual blood specifically)
Spit
Breathplay
In the spirit of kink positivity--what kinks do everyone's characters have (if this is something your characters have)?
*Important note: Ace people and characters can and do also have kinks!
*Important note: Ace people and characters can and do also have kinks!
November 13, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Not listing by character because sometimes the kink is just my barely disguised fetish but some that commonly come up in my work are:
Blasphemy
BDSM (emphasis on the D and M)
Outdoor sex
CNC
Monsterfucking (primarily demons)
Blood (generally, also menstrual blood specifically)
Spit
Breathplay
Blasphemy
BDSM (emphasis on the D and M)
Outdoor sex
CNC
Monsterfucking (primarily demons)
Blood (generally, also menstrual blood specifically)
Spit
Breathplay