Double Serpent

Author: Sam Max

Publisher: Ugly Duckling Presse (2026)

In a penthouse in Manhattan, Connor plays dead for his wealthy older boyfriend Felix. Elsewhere, in a dark, wet basement in 1999, he plays Double Serpent with his invisible friend while he waits for Fake Dad to be done with his business upstairs.

Using a brilliant triple-helix structure, Sam Max’s playscript threads fantasy together with Connor’s past and present, creating a thriller in which there are Fake Dads and real daddies, surgery and blood play, childhood scarring and adulthood dissociation. In Double Serpent, sex and intimacy both redeem and reinflict.

An interview between Sam Max and Derek McCormack accompanies the playscript.