Sera Maddox Drake
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Sera Maddox Drake is an independent, self-published author with a BA in English who specializes in magical realism and erotic literary fiction with esoteric, occult themes. Their work has a special focus on the viewpoints of neurodiverse, queer characters, and they believe that only love will save the day.
Sera's work has received multiple awards, including a Passionate Plume 2025 Finalist designation in Erotic Short Fiction, a Literary Titan 2026 Gold Award, a Pencraft Best of Spring 2026 Award (Erotica/Romance), and several Speak Up! Talk Radio Firebird awards (Second Place, Visionary Fiction; Second Place, Literary Fiction; Best Unconventional Romance). Their debut novel, Ancilla, was a finalist for the 2026 Hawthorne Prize and the 2026 PenMasters Global Award for Literary Excellence, and was awarded the 2026 Passionate Plume for Erotic Fiction. They live with their husband, children, and cats on a small lot that they are slowly but surely converting from grass to permaculture. |
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Ancilla
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Literary Fiction, Visionary Fiction, Magical realism, LGBTQ+ Fiction, Erotica
She had it all - riches, a college honors program scholarship, a girlfriend - until her conservative, hyper-religious parents discovered the sapphistry and forced her to choose between conversion therapy and disownment. That choice marked the end of her academic career and everything she thought she knew. Now, three years later, she is starting her life over when she meets a shy public librarian in a bookstore. He has been waiting his whole life for her. What unfolds between the two lovers feels almost like magic. Given that he is about to become her tutor in the magickal and erotic arts, perhaps that should come as no surprise. But at what cost? The mysterious older man may be everything she has ever longed for, yet she may be forced to choose between her developing identity and the most profound love she has ever known... Ancilla is a study of hunger. It is a dark, philosophical tale exploring forbidden passion, power, devotion, trauma, sacrifice, and the complicated path toward becoming oneself. Intense, mystical, strange, scorchingly hot, and unabashedly literary, this tale of a modern-day Heloise and Abelard is like nothing you've ever read before. 
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Morsels: Tales of Love and Passion
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Short Story Collection (Literary Fiction, Magical Realism, Slipstream, Erotica)
Need a quick bite? Here are some short stories that might satisfy you, whether your tastes run to the sweet, the savory, or even a touch of bitterness. But be forewarned: some of these amuse-bouches are as spicy as ghost peppers. 
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Excavations: Unearthed Poems
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Poetry
These my offerings, tiny and fragile, they must take root in stubborn soil. Fertilize them. Give them shape. Twisted they may grow, but their trunks must be strong. They must reach through the night. They must be of their ground... Excavations is a collection of poetry. Some of it is structured; some of it is free verse. Many of these poems are archaeological artifacts. The old material has been examined, arranged, and prepared for display. What does not shine is still pleasing to the eye. 
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