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John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working

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Senior writer at Larian Studios. I talk about beans too much.

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John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

September in books (2 of 2)

A paperback copy of Whistler by Ann Patchett

A copy of The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

September in books (1 of 2)

A paperback copy of Hild, by Nicola Griffith

A copy of The People of the Abyss, by Jack London

A kindle edition of Grimoire of the Four Imposters by Coy Hall

A paperback copy of The Guest by Emma Cline

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John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

August in books (Only two? Slacking 😬)

A copy of Orpheus Builds a Girl, by Heather Parry

A copy of Knock Knock, Open Wide, by Neil Sharpson

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

July in books (2 of 2)

A copy of The Works of Vermin by Hiron Ennes

A copy of The Ferryman by Justin Cronin

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

July in books (1 of 2)

A copy of The Hotel, by Daisy Johnson

A copy of Wonders Never Cease, by Robert Irwin

A copy of The Essex Serpent, by Sarah Perry

A copy of Diary of a Murderer, by Kim Young-Ha

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

June in books (very late edition)

A copy of The Employees, by Olga Ravn

A copy of Play It as It Lays, by Joan Didion

A copy of Strange Buildings, by Uketsu

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John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

May in books

A copy of Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke, in a bar in London

A copy of Bog People, edited by Hollie Starling, on my new dining table in Dublin.

A kindle copy of The Three-Body Problem, by Cixin Liu. Kindle looking a bit scuffed after eight years of service.

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John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

April in books

A copy of The Death of Us, by Abigail Dean, at a cove in Capri, Italy.

A copy of An Instance of the Fingerpost, by Iain Pears, at a cafe in Sorrento, Italy.

A copy of The Wolf and the Watchman, by Niklas Natt Och Dag, on my dining table.

A kindle edition of The Red Winter, by Cameron Sullivan.

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

11 years at Larian today - April 2015 vs April 2026. Still got all my own teeth.

Side by side of me in April 2015 during my first week at Larian vs me in April 2026.

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

March in books

A copy of The Táin/Táin Bó Cúailnge (translator: Ciaran Carson) on a table in a bookshop/cafe in Riga, Latvia.

A copy of We are Green and Trembling, by Gabriela Gabezón Cámara, sitting on a table in a bar in Riga, Latvia.

A copy of Folk Songs for Trauma Surgeons, by Keith Rosson, sitting beside a ceramic toucan in Dublin.

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Latvia. Confusingly the rivers are still frozen but it’s also warm (for me) sunny t-shirt weather:

Frozen river in Riga

Unseasonably dressed Irishman

Monument in Riga

National library, Riga

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

February in books

A copy of What We Can Know by Ian McEwan sitting on a table in a pub in Dublin. Quiet pub atmosphere was shortly thereafter spoiled by a large influx of people attending a comedy gig, who proceeded to fill the space with farts and forced me to flee.

A copy of Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito, sitting on a yellow couch, guarded by a fierce hound.

A kindle edition of Come Closer, by Sarah Gran, sitting on a side table with a crow lamp and a taxidermy mouse taking a bubble bath.

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

January in books

A copy of The Wax Child, by Olga Ravn

A copy of Monstrilio, by Gerardo Sámano Córdova

A copy of Old Soul, by Susan Barker

A copy of Once was Willem, by M.R. Carey

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

December in books

A copy of Our Share of Night, by Mariana Enriquez.

A copy of The Heart of a Dog, by Mikhail Bulgakov.

A copy of Modern Chronicles of Reaper’s Coast, by Cranley Huwbert.

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Hi we’re back

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

November in books

Copy of My Year of Ret and Relaxation, by Ottessa Moshfegh

Copy of Tyll, by Daniel Kehlmann

Copy of Outer Dark, by Cormac McCarthy

Copy of Night Watch, by Jayne Anne Phillips

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Office Thanksgiving potluck is approaching so time to practise making misshapen baked goods

Sweet potato dinner rolls

Cherry pie

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Beanbag looks like an upset cyclops walrus

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

October in books (2/2)

A copy of The Black Spider by Jeremias Götthelf sitting on my desk at work

A kindle copy of The Chatelaine by Kate Heartfield, sitting on a bar counter in Dublin

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

October in books (1/2)

A copy of Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro, sitting next to a coffee outside a cafe in Berlin

A copy of Barrowbeck by Andrew Michael Hurley sitting beside a pilsner in a bar in Berlin

A copy of Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, sitting poolside in a bathhouse in Berlin

A copy of Strange Pictures by Uketsu sitting on a dining table in Dublin

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Frankentime

POV at the cinema before lights down. Screen isn’t as small as it appears in the picture.

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Someone’s confused by the clocks changing

Ginnie the greyhound curled up under her blanket at 7…8am? On a Sunday

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Met a celebrity in Berlin over the weekend. Smaller than I expected, didn’t look like she could swallow a lawyer seated on a toilet.

Myself posing with a T-Rex skeleton in the natural history museum in Berlin

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Update to the update: being spoiled at her grandmother’s house for the weekend

Greyhound with plush cat doorstop

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Looked inside; everyone was needy and love-starved

WORMLAND

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

September in books

A copy of Jack London stories on a side table with some novelty candles

Kindle edition of Daisy Jones & The Six on a coffee table. Belgian beer lurks to the side.

Kindle copy of the Ruins by Scott Smith on a dining table.

Kindle copy of The Hellbound Heart sitting in a leather footstool.

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Update: on the mend and enjoying the blandest of chicken broths to keep her hydration up

Gloomhorse poses with world’s saddest ramen

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Ginnie has gastric distress this week and desires sympathy & well wishes

Gastrointestinally-challenged greyhound still humours her human and strikes a pose.

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Took me a while to find him:

A skeleton cat guarding boxes of Barry’s Tea

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Better half back from her business trip to India with an array of new snacks:

Assorted masala-flavoured crisps and other Indian snacks

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

August in books

A copy of The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle, with a hound for scale

A kindle copy of Blood Red, Sister Rose, by Thomas Keneally (even for kindle, the cover is bad)

A copy of Angel Down, by Daniel Kraus

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Very tempted to dress up Ginnie as the aborted Alien 3 whippet xenomorph for Halloween this year, though she will hate me for it

A xenomorph extending its inner mouth at its prey

A sighthound questioning its life choices

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Is this a good deal? What does a labubu taste like?

A coupon offering beer, food, and unsettling dolls

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

If you ever fly Ryanair, you spend a lot of time staring at this strange child on the seat in front of you:

Ryanair safety card

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

IYKYK

An ancient talisman

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

🤞

A vending machine selling wrapped mystery books

A mystery book next to a book vending machine.

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

A rare sight: bicycles mating in the wild

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

July in books (2/2)

A copy of Mere by Danielle Giles, in a seaside pub in North Wales

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

July in books (1/2)

A copy of Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell on a striped deck chair

A copy of the Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling on a table in Hay-on-Wye

A copy of Oddbody by Rose Keating, placed precariously on a railing in the Welsh countryside

A copy of Wayward by Emilia Hart, sitting on a hammocked reader

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

No? Why? Is there something I should know?

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Important update sent from the petcam: butt sighted

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

All correct of course. BG4 was finished and ready to ship back in 2024 apart from refined bear ass-hair physics, so we scrapped the whole thing

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

mubi.com/en/notebook/...

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Pub hound

Ginnie the greyhound relaxing in a pub in Dublin

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Fun day at work . Can’t say why.

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

June in books (2/2)

Copy of Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett, on a flight somewhere between Belgium and Ireland.

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

June in books (1/2)

Copy of Lanny by Max Porter, on a table in a hotel in Guildford

Copy of The Lady Bandit, by Emilia Pardo Bazán, on a table in a hotel room in Ghent, Belgium

Copy of Bloom by Delilah S. Dawson, on a yellow Ikea footstool in Dublin.

Copy of Blood on Her Tongue, by Johanna van Veen, also on a yellow Ikea footstool in Dublin.

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Do not touch the moon lesbians

Figurines of Dame Aylin and Isobel Thorm from BG3 in Larian Studios in Ghent. There is also a small figurine of a knight.

John Corcoran ~ away in a trench working @johncorcoran.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

May in books (2/2)

Copy of the Bullet Swallower by Elizabeth Gonzales James, sitting on a cafe table in Porto

Copy of Orlando by Virginia Woolf, sitting on a cafe table in Porto