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Born, raised, and currently living in Oregon, Wesley McCraw writes queer speculative fiction.

Wes graduated from the University of Oregon, where he completed the much-acclaimed Kidd Tutorial. During his time at the university, he was also a member of Write Club, where he trained under screenwriter Omar Naim (The Final Cut, Dead Awake).

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Wesley McCraw There are quite a few thing in the pipeline this year. I’m releasing House of Cabal Volume Two: Estate very soon. I’m writing weird short fiction for …moreThere are quite a few thing in the pipeline this year. I’m releasing House of Cabal Volume Two: Estate very soon. I’m writing weird short fiction for my collection The Queen in Yellow. And I’m rewriting my next novel, Brief Pose, about an advertisement campaign that makes people lose themselves in fantasy, which should be released this summer.(less)
Wesley McCraw House of Cabal was inspired by quite a few things because I started writing it in late 1999 and I’ve been working on it off and on for the better part…moreHouse of Cabal was inspired by quite a few things because I started writing it in late 1999 and I’ve been working on it off and on for the better part of sixteen years. Initially, the idea was a combination of my two favorite children’s books, The Thief of Always and Charlie and The Chocolate Factory. I wanted to do something like those books, only with more adults themes.

Fast forward quite a few years into the creative process. Pinsleep, the witness angel, was a framing device that I invented later on that took on a life of his own, inspired by a lot of my own musings on religion and faith. The Garden of Eden was always a feature of the series but was initially revealed much later in the plot. Once I created Pinsleep, the conclusion of the series hit me like a bolt of lightning, and I discovered where I had to start my story.(less)
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🎃 Surprise: An Exclusive Bonus Prologue for The Fraternity Box!

Thank you so much to everyone who has already stepped into the Lodge and picked up a copy of The Fraternity Box. The response to Noah and Steven’s snowy, haunted winter break has been wonderful!

As a special thank-you, I have a surprise for you: an exclusive bonus prologue you won’t find anywhere else.

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“The Kitten poster reminds me of Blake Snyder’s SAVE THE CAT! The Last Book on Screenwriting That You’ll Ever Need, which has a cover with a similar image. I hope the kitten falls to its death. This hope is not born out of maliciousness, but sympathy. What's the point of hanging in there if no one's going to save you? The little fucker can only hang on for so long.”
Wesley McCraw, Brief Pose

“[Professor] Frank recalled my idle remark some years ago: 'Never pass up the opportunity to have sex or appear on television.' Advice I would never give today in the age of AIDS and its television equivalent Fox News.”
Gore Vidal, Point to Point Navigation

“Ayn Rand's 'philosophy' is nearly perfect in its immorality, which makes the size of her audience all the more ominous and symptomatic as we enter a curious new phase in our society.... To justify and extol human greed and egotism is to my mind not only immoral, but evil.”
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“Whatever it takes to finish things, finish. You will learn more from a glorious failure than you ever will from something you never finished.”
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“How, then, does one become an activist?

The easy answer would be to say that we do not become activists; we simply forget that we are. We are all born with compassion, generosity, and love for others inside us. We are all moved by injustice and discrimination. We are all, inside, concerned human beings. We all want to give more than to receive. We all want to live in a world where solidarity and companionship are more important values than individualism and selfishness. We all want to share beautiful things; experience joy, laughter, love; and experiment, together.”
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