Gareth Lewis
@gdlewis23.bsky.social
Writer of wrongs, villain of my own story, and generally awful human being (due to lack of practice). A jumble of anxiety, too many thoughts, toxic neediness, and contagious awkwardness.
My writing is 100% natural stupidity
My writing is 100% natural stupidity
Finished 1st draft of the novella, The Haunting Door.
But it’s a novella, sequel to an unpublished novella, so hardly a milestone to celebrate. More a relief that it’s out of my head so I can move on.
But it’s a novella, sequel to an unpublished novella, so hardly a milestone to celebrate. More a relief that it’s out of my head so I can move on.
January 21, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Finished 1st draft of the novella, The Haunting Door.
But it’s a novella, sequel to an unpublished novella, so hardly a milestone to celebrate. More a relief that it’s out of my head so I can move on.
But it’s a novella, sequel to an unpublished novella, so hardly a milestone to celebrate. More a relief that it’s out of my head so I can move on.
Reposted by Gareth Lewis
This is literally what I've been writing and podcasting about for years. I was planning to do an essay on this, but here's a 🧵.
The main reason is psychology. Due to personal, family, and cultural histories, some people are inherently scared of the world.
The main reason is psychology. Due to personal, family, and cultural histories, some people are inherently scared of the world.
Fight and help win a world war.
Establish a global order that cements your national power for 80 years.
Blow it all up.
What am I missing?
Establish a global order that cements your national power for 80 years.
Blow it all up.
What am I missing?
January 18, 2026 at 5:43 PM
This is literally what I've been writing and podcasting about for years. I was planning to do an essay on this, but here's a 🧵.
The main reason is psychology. Due to personal, family, and cultural histories, some people are inherently scared of the world.
The main reason is psychology. Due to personal, family, and cultural histories, some people are inherently scared of the world.
‘You want me to confront a murderer in a room full of potential hostage?’ The Detective regarded each in turn. ‘Why would anyone think that’s a good idea?’
#Writing
#Writing
January 15, 2026 at 11:19 AM
‘You want me to confront a murderer in a room full of potential hostage?’ The Detective regarded each in turn. ‘Why would anyone think that’s a good idea?’
#Writing
#Writing
I've only used ChatGPT once. I had it write the suicide note of an AI that got fed up with humans.
Wasn't impressed with the results.
Wasn't impressed with the results.
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
January 14, 2026 at 6:05 PM
I've only used ChatGPT once. I had it write the suicide note of an AI that got fed up with humans.
Wasn't impressed with the results.
Wasn't impressed with the results.
Hellbound is good, and more memorable than a lot of series. Not perfect, and unless a third season offers an explanation, the fantasy element doesn’t necessarily stand up to examination, but it’s the social impact of the fantasy element where it excels, along with its interesting story choices.
January 14, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Hellbound is good, and more memorable than a lot of series. Not perfect, and unless a third season offers an explanation, the fantasy element doesn’t necessarily stand up to examination, but it’s the social impact of the fantasy element where it excels, along with its interesting story choices.
‘I kill no one. Some people want other people dead. Serial killers want to kill people. Put them together, I may even be saving lives, rather than doubling the killing. And there are yet more people who want to watch all this killing. I make money from all sides. I’m an entrepreneur.’
-Hotel Murder
-Hotel Murder
December 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
‘I kill no one. Some people want other people dead. Serial killers want to kill people. Put them together, I may even be saving lives, rather than doubling the killing. And there are yet more people who want to watch all this killing. I make money from all sides. I’m an entrepreneur.’
-Hotel Murder
-Hotel Murder
Your public libraries offer a startling array of learning methods. I can see why your rulers are so eager to murder them and desecrate their carcasses.
-The Border Guard
-The Border Guard
December 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Your public libraries offer a startling array of learning methods. I can see why your rulers are so eager to murder them and desecrate their carcasses.
-The Border Guard
-The Border Guard
Anxiety is an imaginary enemy, squatting in your head, picking apart your dreams to show that they were always nightmares, so why bother working to achieve them?
December 26, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Anxiety is an imaginary enemy, squatting in your head, picking apart your dreams to show that they were always nightmares, so why bother working to achieve them?
‘God is not he. God is not she. God is God. And any attempt to attribute genitals to the lord is a sin.’
-Hotel Murder
-Hotel Murder
December 25, 2025 at 8:07 AM
‘God is not he. God is not she. God is God. And any attempt to attribute genitals to the lord is a sin.’
-Hotel Murder
-Hotel Murder
I've plenty of my own mistakes to own, without taking those of others. That's part of the identity I wear. It protects me from the doubts that can paralyse. And guilt's the doubt of things you can't change. Take responsibility for everything in this life and it'll drown you.
-Tales of the Thief-City
-Tales of the Thief-City
December 24, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I've plenty of my own mistakes to own, without taking those of others. That's part of the identity I wear. It protects me from the doubts that can paralyse. And guilt's the doubt of things you can't change. Take responsibility for everything in this life and it'll drown you.
-Tales of the Thief-City
-Tales of the Thief-City
‘Who could imagine psychopaths would prove so uncontrollable?’
-Hotel Murder
-Hotel Murder
December 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
‘Who could imagine psychopaths would prove so uncontrollable?’
-Hotel Murder
-Hotel Murder
'Incomplete?' Have I just been insulted? Usually it's more clear.
'You still live. Until your time is done, you can still change, become other than you are. Until then, you are not truly whole.'
-Tales of the Thief-City
'You still live. Until your time is done, you can still change, become other than you are. Until then, you are not truly whole.'
-Tales of the Thief-City
December 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
'Incomplete?' Have I just been insulted? Usually it's more clear.
'You still live. Until your time is done, you can still change, become other than you are. Until then, you are not truly whole.'
-Tales of the Thief-City
'You still live. Until your time is done, you can still change, become other than you are. Until then, you are not truly whole.'
-Tales of the Thief-City
Be more than a cog. Be something memorable. Even if it means you can never rest, never stop fighting.
-The Border Guard
-The Border Guard
December 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Be more than a cog. Be something memorable. Even if it means you can never rest, never stop fighting.
-The Border Guard
-The Border Guard
'Money makes the world go around.’
‘No, that’s just spin.’
-The Sin of Hope
‘No, that’s just spin.’
-The Sin of Hope
December 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
'Money makes the world go around.’
‘No, that’s just spin.’
-The Sin of Hope
‘No, that’s just spin.’
-The Sin of Hope
Finally got to see season 2 of Wednesday, and it’s as near perfect as the first. I love the dialogue and the cello pieces.
December 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Finally got to see season 2 of Wednesday, and it’s as near perfect as the first. I love the dialogue and the cello pieces.
‘You've seen the array of residents on the streets, yet have trouble believing in a clockwork automaton wandering about down here, sneaking up on unsuspecting miscreants and knocking them out while some handsome knowhound chatters incessantly to distract- And there you go.'
-Tales of the Thief-City
-Tales of the Thief-City
December 19, 2025 at 12:09 PM
‘You've seen the array of residents on the streets, yet have trouble believing in a clockwork automaton wandering about down here, sneaking up on unsuspecting miscreants and knocking them out while some handsome knowhound chatters incessantly to distract- And there you go.'
-Tales of the Thief-City
-Tales of the Thief-City
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<redacted> realised he faced a true psychopath. Completely divorced from reality. He’d need all the luck he drained from Chef Damien’s head to get out of this.
-Hotel Murder
-Hotel Murder
December 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
<redacted> realised he faced a true psychopath. Completely divorced from reality. He’d need all the luck he drained from Chef Damien’s head to get out of this.
-Hotel Murder
-Hotel Murder
'You bring me into your heart of power. Do you imagine me harmless? Unable to raise a hand against you, both due to the oath that binds us, and the little soldiers at your beck. Do you truly imagine I need such a crass approach as violence? I know. That's my weapon.'
-Tales of the Thief-City
-Tales of the Thief-City
December 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
'You bring me into your heart of power. Do you imagine me harmless? Unable to raise a hand against you, both due to the oath that binds us, and the little soldiers at your beck. Do you truly imagine I need such a crass approach as violence? I know. That's my weapon.'
-Tales of the Thief-City
-Tales of the Thief-City
With the economy tanking, all these idiots think that anyone can kill, so they go around undercutting actual professionals. A lot of potential employers are also hard up, so they take them. It’s in danger of turning the profession into a hobby.
-Hotel Murder
-Hotel Murder
December 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
With the economy tanking, all these idiots think that anyone can kill, so they go around undercutting actual professionals. A lot of potential employers are also hard up, so they take them. It’s in danger of turning the profession into a hobby.
-Hotel Murder
-Hotel Murder
A few years ago opinions on Gen AI art were less clear, and some reputable cover creators started openly using AI art (one offered a long explanation of why they thought it was acceptable).
So I used it redo my homemade covers, since there was no way I could afford to buy enough covers.
So I used it redo my homemade covers, since there was no way I could afford to buy enough covers.
December 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
A few years ago opinions on Gen AI art were less clear, and some reputable cover creators started openly using AI art (one offered a long explanation of why they thought it was acceptable).
So I used it redo my homemade covers, since there was no way I could afford to buy enough covers.
So I used it redo my homemade covers, since there was no way I could afford to buy enough covers.
'Language is a meme. A shared delusion that we can understand one another.
-Tales of the Thief-City
-Tales of the Thief-City
December 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
'Language is a meme. A shared delusion that we can understand one another.
-Tales of the Thief-City
-Tales of the Thief-City
Freedom is a lie of perception. A refusal to see the thought channels that shape us. That guide our decisions. We're all prisoners of our self, trapped in a cage of personality.
-Tales of the Thief-City
-Tales of the Thief-City
December 14, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Freedom is a lie of perception. A refusal to see the thought channels that shape us. That guide our decisions. We're all prisoners of our self, trapped in a cage of personality.
-Tales of the Thief-City
-Tales of the Thief-City
‘Don’t get caught up waiting for things to return to normal. At a certain point of repeatedly waiting for a return to normal, you realise normal is a lie. Or just the wrong word. Change is constant, we just like to fool ourselves that it isn’t.’
-Hotel Murder
-Hotel Murder
December 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
‘Don’t get caught up waiting for things to return to normal. At a certain point of repeatedly waiting for a return to normal, you realise normal is a lie. Or just the wrong word. Change is constant, we just like to fool ourselves that it isn’t.’
-Hotel Murder
-Hotel Murder
Which story, I’m not sure.
Perhaps it’s the one in my head. The one we can never escape, about who we want to be. Not one we always listen to. But stories are how we interpret the world. Narratives with which we make sense of chaos.
-The Border Guard
Perhaps it’s the one in my head. The one we can never escape, about who we want to be. Not one we always listen to. But stories are how we interpret the world. Narratives with which we make sense of chaos.
-The Border Guard
December 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Which story, I’m not sure.
Perhaps it’s the one in my head. The one we can never escape, about who we want to be. Not one we always listen to. But stories are how we interpret the world. Narratives with which we make sense of chaos.
-The Border Guard
Perhaps it’s the one in my head. The one we can never escape, about who we want to be. Not one we always listen to. But stories are how we interpret the world. Narratives with which we make sense of chaos.
-The Border Guard