Paraic O’Donnell

@paraicodonnell.bsky.social

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Writer | The Naming of the Birds (Jan. 2025) l The House on Vesper Sands | Lives in a very small way. https://vspr.st

In a scene from Schitt's Creek, the actor Dan Levin wears a shirt on which the word NONCHALANCE appears in all caps.
Skewed view of a hospital corridor
Jordan Peterson shows off his collection of fash-adjacent kitsch.
A still from Buffy the Vampire Slaying in which Dawn questions the reality of her existence.
A crescent moon over Wicklow, Ireland
A pair of Sony headphones repaired using decorative electrical tape.
A Death Stranding screen capture resembling the painting ‘Christina’s World’.
An advertisement for another stupid product that doesn’t need to exist.
David Rose gets it, and can 100% get it.
A box of finished copies of The Naming of the Birds.
A screen capture of an NYT think piece about objectifying Luigi Mangione.
That immortal Patricia Lockwood tweet about the Paris Review.
A screen capture from the NYT’s Spelling Bee.
A screen capture showing a mistaken pronunciation guide for this author’s name.
A still from a YouTube video, in which a physicist specialising in snowflakes explains his publishing strategy.
A reproduction of the painting Christina's World by Andrew Wyeth.
Cover art for the UK edition of The Naming of the Birds.
Photos showing John Burnside’s latest collection of poetry.
A screenshot from the WordleBot app showing that the player faced a unique configuration.
A screenshot showing the NYT app intercepting the SwiftUI screenshot handler.
A photograph showing books by Lavinia Greenlaw, Samantha Harvey and Evie Wyld.
A screen capture from Audacity showing an FFT spectral analysis plot.
A still from the film Withnail and I, showing Richard E. Grant and Richard Griffiths.
Anna pleads with Elsa from outside her bedroom door in a scene from the movie FROZEN.
A screenshot showing WordleBot awarding itself another victory.
An image of a sculpture in Reykjavik, Iceland, depicting a young boy holding a fish.
A photo of the novel PRACTICE by Rosalind Brown.
A closeup image of crab apples against a perfect winter sky.
A closeup image of a FiiO BTR15 DAC with a sample rate reading of 96 KHz.
A photo of ivy leaves (Hedera helix) reflected in a mirror.
A closeup of a budding pink rose.
Closeup photographs of an indoor orange tree in flower.
A young Kate Bush photographed by her brother, James Carder Bush.
A screen capture of the NYT’s Spelling Bee game, showing the rejection of the word DOUTED.
A screenshot of WordleBot awarding a higher score to its own solution than a user solution with an identical number of turns and a higher correctness score.
A closeup photo of a tiny NVME SSD storage device.
A screen capture showing two consecutive alerts on an iPhone Home Screen.