Fiction, Memoir & Essays About the Realities We Inherit—and the Possibilities Beyond Them
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God in Drag: A Novel
When an exposed family secret sends Micah Connerly to the holy city of Varanasi to get the truth from the the guru/stepfather who abandoned him as a child, he is pulled into a world of death, devotion, desire, and dangerous truth.
Soon he is caught between the man he was, the truth he fears, and a love he never saw coming.
But when the promise of answers comes with a threat against lives, Micah must decide whether the truth he came for is worth the futures it could destroy—including his own.
Lush, irreverent, and transformative, God in Drag is a literary spiritual novel about the illusions we choose—and the grace that awaits when they fall apart.
“A travel novel that positively shines with humanity… poignant and sharply original… a believably flawed protagonist readers will genuinely root for… a heady masterwork of literary fiction.” —Self-Publishing Review ★★★★★
“…a wondrously evocative novel, rich in mysticism and psychological drama…God in Drag is a mesmerizingly good read.” —The Book Review Directory
“…a story of stark truths and the ways people console themselves through moments of ambiguity…a wonderful job…a nuanced and immersive portrayal of Indian culture and lived realities.” —Literary Book Reviews
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Rewriting Your Reality
Most of us live inside stories we didn’t consciously choose. Stories about who we are, what’s possible, what we deserve, what the world is like, and what it could be like.
Some stories helped us survive. Some helped us fit in. Most are now too small for the lives we want to live & the world we want to create.
I’m Kristine Madera, a novelist and essayist exploring consciousness, culture, systems, and the moments when familiar ways of seeing begin to unravel.
I write literary fiction, memoir, speculative fiction, and essays about the stories we live inside—and what may become possible when we learn to see them differently.
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