Literary Speculative Fiction

James David Napper

Author of RETRY

RETRY by James David Napper — book cover: two mismatched cups, a brown disposable cup and a cracked white mug bearing a worn wolf, held inside a faint refresh-loop

Literary Speculative Fiction · A Novel

RETRY

James David Napper

The system can measure presence. It cannot make someone stay.

Miro is paid to be present. In a near future where care has become routed, measured, and reviewed, his work is to enter rooms, complete the required minutes, confirm continuity, and move on. Then one small act of staying too long begins to change the count.

A novel in final revision

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About the author

James David Napper writes literary speculative fiction about work, damaged systems, loneliness, and the distance between what gets measured and what gets understood. RETRY is his novel.

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