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
‘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
Reposted by Gareth Lewis
<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
An imaginary friend is just an imaginary enemy you've yet to make.
December 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
An imaginary friend is just an imaginary enemy you've yet to make.
I give Niv a look. 'I think maybe you're getting a bit carried away by your new role.'
'Don't disrespect my authority. You've committed plenty of crimes here too.'
'Usually as your accomplice.'
-Tales of the Thief-City
'Don't disrespect my authority. You've committed plenty of crimes here too.'
'Usually as your accomplice.'
-Tales of the Thief-City
December 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I give Niv a look. 'I think maybe you're getting a bit carried away by your new role.'
'Don't disrespect my authority. You've committed plenty of crimes here too.'
'Usually as your accomplice.'
-Tales of the Thief-City
'Don't disrespect my authority. You've committed plenty of crimes here too.'
'Usually as your accomplice.'
-Tales of the Thief-City
‘You only killed because they were witnesses.’
‘I value my freedom. And if I must kill, it’s a shame to waste their bodies. So I make art.’
‘Art?’
‘From a certain perspective. What else would I do with their bodies? Eat them? What do you think I am, a psychopath?’
-Hotel Murder
‘I value my freedom. And if I must kill, it’s a shame to waste their bodies. So I make art.’
‘Art?’
‘From a certain perspective. What else would I do with their bodies? Eat them? What do you think I am, a psychopath?’
-Hotel Murder
December 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
‘You only killed because they were witnesses.’
‘I value my freedom. And if I must kill, it’s a shame to waste their bodies. So I make art.’
‘Art?’
‘From a certain perspective. What else would I do with their bodies? Eat them? What do you think I am, a psychopath?’
-Hotel Murder
‘I value my freedom. And if I must kill, it’s a shame to waste their bodies. So I make art.’
‘Art?’
‘From a certain perspective. What else would I do with their bodies? Eat them? What do you think I am, a psychopath?’
-Hotel Murder
A corner of my mind recently is thinking a lot about series endings, mainly long-running TV shows that aren’t all planned out from the start. (Not sure if I’m going anywhere with this. Ghost Bullets is the only open-ended series I have, and I’m not sure it’ll reach an ending.)
December 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
A corner of my mind recently is thinking a lot about series endings, mainly long-running TV shows that aren’t all planned out from the start. (Not sure if I’m going anywhere with this. Ghost Bullets is the only open-ended series I have, and I’m not sure it’ll reach an ending.)
'I don't recognise your laws.'
'Do you recognise my large solid deputy? He'll be the one pummeling you if you don't surrender.'
-Tales of the Thief-City
'Do you recognise my large solid deputy? He'll be the one pummeling you if you don't surrender.'
-Tales of the Thief-City
December 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
'I don't recognise your laws.'
'Do you recognise my large solid deputy? He'll be the one pummeling you if you don't surrender.'
-Tales of the Thief-City
'Do you recognise my large solid deputy? He'll be the one pummeling you if you don't surrender.'
-Tales of the Thief-City