Terms of Living
The Aftertaste of Modern Love
A breakup concludes calmly. Language behaves. Dignity remains intact. The following morning, the room looks the same. The body does not. Set in a coastal winter town, this memoir traces the silent psychological movement through five distinct phases: detonation, vacancy, circulation, reconstruction, and revision.
Filmore maps how early rooms trained vigilance, how modern app dating turns desire into transaction, and how devotion can resemble surveillance when left unchecked. A literary account of unlearning the reflex to shrink.
“Two editors told me the ending had no lift. I kept it. A stitch is a repetition that cannot be undone by wanting it undone.”
— From the origin essay ‘Save As’
Structure
5 Movements
Length
270 Pages
Published
March 27, 2026
Formats
Kindle · Paperback
