Retcon

By Garry Thomas Morse

When Tom, an art house aficionado, returns to his hometown to attend a film studies conference, he discovers that his ex-girlfriend Esme has recently married their former prof, Cinny. Contact with the couple, gossip with his friend Nasim, and flirtation with a Hollywood bit player known as Lady Lex draw Tom into a noirish plot that may have Chabrol-ish consequences for his rival, and permanently distance him from his fianc e, a skilled harpsichordist named Ciana. As he navigates shifting islands of personal memory, Tom begins to wonder if life is not just a retcon (or the most contrived form of retroactive continuity). The price of admission includes an amateur opera matinee, a pub discourse on Godard-McBride Breathless Paradox, a giallo nightmare, and a hypnagogic hallucination inspired by a Tarkovsky retrospective, all threatened by the skintight spectre of the next superhero franchise.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1998779009
• ISBN13: 9781998779000
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: At Bay Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"