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A note from Timothy O’Brien

Letters from
the Shore.

Fiction, questions, and things worth looking at twice. Occasional notes from the author of Into Alignment.

The cover of Into Alignment, with an eclipsed moon above a dark ocean
Some stories keep going after the last page.

A place for the
questions that remain.

I write fiction about people, systems, and the choices they make inside each other’s lives. Sometimes an idea needs a story. Sometimes it needs an essay, or an experiment you can explore for yourself.

This is where I’ll share what I’m working on, what I’m thinking about, and what comes next.

  • Fiction and the questions behind it
  • AI, autonomy, and the world around the books
  • Essays and new experiments on the website
  • Book news and updates

While you’re here, there’s an ocean made of the novel’s words waiting in The Tides. Choose a wave and see what lies beneath it.