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SHORT BIO

Aleks Filmore is a queer author writing about love, aftermath, and the psychology of staying too long. His debut memoir, The Worst Boyfriends Ever, became an Amazon #1 Best Seller. His latest memoir, Terms of Living, is available on Amazon. Together with the forthcoming Am I the Red Flag?, these books form The Heartbreak Canon—a three-book arc through the wreckage of modern love.

LONG BIO

Aleks Filmore writes about queer love, aftermath, and the psychology of staying too long. His work examines the patterns we recognize and repeat, the boundaries we negotiate, and what it means to rebuild after the story ends.

His debut memoir, The Worst Boyfriends Ever, became an Amazon #1 Best Seller in Gay Humor, praised for its sharp observation and uncomfortable honesty.

His upcoming memoir, Terms of Living: The Aftertaste of Modern Love, is available on Amazon. Together with the forthcoming Am I the Red Flag?, these books form The Heartbreak Canon—a three-book arc through the wreckage of modern love.

Book Facts

The Worst Boyfriends Ever

A Memoir in Dating Disasters

  • #1 Amazon Bestseller, Gay Humor
  • 100+ reader reviews, 4.7 average rating
  • 200 pages
  • Available in paperback, ebook, audiobook
  • Released: January 6th, 2025
  • ISBN: 9798306111537

Terms of Living

A memoir on aftermath

  • 270 pages, five movements
  • Literary memoir, anti-self-help
  • Release: March 27, 2026
  • ISBN: 9782960401325

Awards & Recognition

Fractured and Fused Prize - Longlist

"All The Things We Forgot To Delete" longlisted for the Fractured and Fused Prize at Fractured Lit, judged by Sherrie Flick.

"I write about fracture, intimacy, and the aftermath of connection. Sometimes that takes a book. Sometimes it takes 900 words."

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PRESS RELEASES

April 14, 2026

Aleks Filmore Announces Terms of Living: Aftertaste of Modern Love

A press release announcing the public launch of Terms of Living: Aftertaste of Modern Love is now live on OpenPR.

Set in a coastal winter town, the memoir moves through five psychological movements, tracing the aftermath of breakup, the habits that linger, and the quiet work of unlearning the reflex to shrink. The book examines attachment, vigilance, modern dating, and the emotional logic of life after love shifts shape.

Rather than offering prescriptions, the memoir observes the mechanics of how attachment forms, persists, and changes. It is a literary account of the space that opens after the drama ends and the room stays quiet long enough for the truth to arrive.

Read the full press release on OpenPR: Aleks Filmore Announces Terms of Living: Aftertaste of Modern Love.

For more information about the book, visit Terms of Living.

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