Thomas Drago

Director, Author, Husband, Father, Awesome.

Thomas Drago is a writer, theatre educator, and lifelong storyteller. He has spent more than two decades teaching English and drama in North Carolina, where he also directs and produces theatrical productions with his students. His passion for theatre, storytelling, and the connections forged between people through the arts inspires much of his fiction.

A graduate of Northern Arizona University, Drago is the author of the Crow Creek series, Raised on Rock, See Nike Run, Goat Song, The Gospels of Peter Star, Second Nature, and other fiction published through Gold Avenue Press. His novels explore the moments when ordinary lives are changed by unexpected choices, unlikely connections, and the search for meaning.

Family legends trace his ancestry to Vlad Dracula. Maybe. His favorite number is 29.

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We all pretend to be somebody we’re not. In our real lives. Online. Everywhere. We create identities and hide behind them. Sometimes because we want to. Most times because we have no choice.

When Nike, an Instagram fetish model, returns home from a weekend trip to the Florida Keys, she finds herself haunted by the insidious Mr. Silk, who believes she devised an online scam to steal his money. Caught in a web of illusion and deceit, Nike solicits help from Seth, a married college professor who spoils her with gifts despite his wife’s growing concern over the strength and fate of their marriage. Their unconventional love triangle, shaped by the forces of good and evil, reveals the constant need to reimagine ourselves in a world where individuals are easily manipulated and lies become the truth.