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Mac Crane (they/them)

@mcrane12.bsky.social

parent. jock to writer pipeline. author of I KEEP MY EXOSKELETONS TO MYSELF, A SHARP ENDLESS NEED (May, 2025), PERVERTS (2026)

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A Specter of Both Directions

VQR should be deeeeeply humiliated for publishing this *checks notes* interview with ChatGPT 😐😐😐😐😐

www.vqronline.org/fall-2025/in...

05.03.2026 01:54 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

someone send me all the gossip from awp please

04.03.2026 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi thanks for recommending A Sharp Endless Need. Just wanted to emphasize that it’s not a romance β€” it’s literary fiction with a romantic element. If people go into it believing it’s a romance, they’re bound to be disappointed.

26.02.2026 21:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Epilogue Presents: Mac Crane and Sami Whitcomb | Epilogue Books Chocolate Brews Join Mac Crane and Sami Whitcomb on February 22nd @ 1PM EST for a discussion on Mac's novel, A Sharp Endless need!! This even will be hosted virtually and requires that you enter your email to sig...

Wnba fans + queer book fans! you don’t wanna miss my virtual event with Phoenix Mercury sharpshooter Sami Whitcomb today (Feb 22, 10 am PT/ 1 pm ET) to celebrate the paperback of my novel A SHARP ENDLESS NEEDβ€”register below, come hang with us!

www.epiloguebook.com/product/epil...

22.02.2026 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Off-Limits: Part Three Jude and Gia are now on texting terms (devil face)

Heated Rivalry fans, wnba fans, queer bookish people, & sluts! the third installment of my rivals to lovers queer college basketball story is officially live 😈 and if you don’t know what I’m talking about then I guess you have some catching up to do

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18.02.2026 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m #CurrentlyReading A Sharp Endless Need by Mac (Marisa) Crane. @mcrane12.bsky.social #books πŸ“š

12.02.2026 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!

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Sign the Petition Californians Oppose Rady Children's Hospital's Decision to End Gender-Affirming Care

if you live in California & have a soul, sign this petition I made to oppose Rady Children’s Hospital’s decision to end gender affirming care for trans youth

www.change.org/oppose-rady-...

22.01.2026 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Off-Limits: Part 1 my offering to the nonbinary + lesbian Heated Rivalry gods

Surprise! I have the first installment of a fun little queer college basketball smut story on my substack today πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ‘€πŸ‘€πŸ‘€

open.substack.com/pub/maccrane...

14.01.2026 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

TikTok’s autogenerated captions changed my novel I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself to I Keep My Ex’s Skeletons to Myself & I’m going to need someone to write that queer horror novel asap

09.01.2026 03:46 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I love children because these two year olds at the park are having a joyous dance party to atrocious hold music I have on speaker

06.01.2026 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Perverts: Stories A full-frontal confrontation of the ways we perform desire and shameβ€”from the downright bizarre to the frighteningly relatableβ€”by the award-winning author of A Sharp Endless NeedAn employee at a hunting ground where people pay to act out hate crimes prepares to meet their girlfriend’s parents for the first time. A self-destructive client engages in an affair with their therapist, careening their relationship toward its inevitable breaking point. At a theme park where men pay to ogle women dressed as sirens, a mild-mannered boat attendant gets engaged to the star performer. And in the title story, a pregnant internet sex worker blackmails her clients into attending a disastrous party. Nothing is off limits for Mac Crane as they rework classic stories of rejection, isolation, and connection to suggest that the so-called pervert, by existing in the margins of society, may be the one who sees the world most clearly. Crane brings their keen eye for the unsavory to seventeen transgressive stories that are as tantalizing and addictive as the characters’ experiences. A provocative and uproarious collection about pleasure, performance, and pain, Perverts is an exaltation of the awesome depravity of queer modernity.

HELLO! If you want a signed copy of my forthcoming short story collection PERVERTS, preorder it here:

thebookcatapult.com/book/9780593...

06.01.2026 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Gah thank you!!!

04.01.2026 06:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Sharp Endless Need by Marisa Crane. Picked this up at an author event for @mcrane12.bsky.social in May and am finally getting around to reading it. Yeah this is the real shit. A rare coalescence of sport and literary fiction layered with the palpable tensions of queer adolescent love. #BookSky

27.12.2025 06:23 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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OOYL Book Club: January Selection 'A Sharp Endless Need' by Mac Crane

I am so excited about this month’s book club: we are reading A SHARP ENDLESS NEED by @mcrane12.bsky.social & Mac will be joining the discussion! If you loved Heated Rivalry, this sapphic basketball novel (with v 🌢️ sex scenes) should be your next read. www.thefrankiedlc.news/p/ooyl-book-...

03.01.2026 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Registration for 4-Week Online Class on Writing Sex Scenes What a Sex Scene Can Do Are sex scenes really so hard to write, or are we thinking about them the wrong way? What can a sex scene do? How can it achieve psychological complexity on the page? How can ...

last chance to sign up for my 4 week asynchronous online sex scene writing class! it starts Sunday Jan 4, don’t miss out!

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

02.01.2026 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Registration for 4-Week Online Class on Writing Sex Scenes What a Sex Scene Can Do Are sex scenes really so hard to write, or are we thinking about them the wrong way? What can a sex scene do? How can it achieve psychological complexity on the page? How can ...

hey hey I’m back teaching an entirely virtual asynchronous (no zoom meetings) class about writing sex scenes (and everything they can do!) read more and sign up below, starting Jan 4. new year new sexy words

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

04.12.2025 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The 32 Best LGBTQ+ Books of 2025 From horror to heartfelt romance (and sometimes both at once), here are some of our favorite reads of this year.

absolutely thrilled to see A Sharp Endless Need on @them list of best LGBTQ books of 2025

www.them.us/story/best-l...

24.11.2025 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Dorian Gray’s portrait but it’s a book’s star rating slowly going down with each immoral decision the protagonist makes

03.11.2025 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fall Craft Intensive: Mac Crane - Tin House In this class, we will discuss the craft of writing personal essays that relate to identity and that speak to both the specific and the universal, engage in a close reading of published pieces on this...

Hey friends! I’m teaching a brand new Tin House craft class on defamiliarization, associative leaps, and injecting surprise into your prose. I’m soooo excited to teach it and talk shop. Come join me!

tinhouse.com/product/fall...

29.10.2025 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

if my Spotify daylist (correctly) calls me fragile ONE MORE TIME πŸ‘ŠπŸΌ

22.10.2025 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Manuscript Consultations β€” Mac (Marisa) Crane

I’ve been unemployed for 7 months & am unable to find workβ€”please hire me to edit your work, provide a MS consult, be your book coach/dom πŸ™πŸΌ

www.marisacrane.org/manuscript-c...

21.10.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!

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Powerful essay by @mcrane12.bsky.social in this collection. Provided me with a perspective that I’ll not ever fully understand. Thank you for sharing your words & experience with us, Mac.

19.10.2025 18:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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10 Books That Know Grief More Intimately Than Any Condolence Ever Could In the quiet between heartbreak and hope lies a shelf of stories that understand sorrow better than any spoken condolence ever could., Books, Times Now

nice to see my first book, I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself, on this list about the grief

www.timesnownews.com/lifestyle/bo...

18.10.2025 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m afraid it’s me

10.10.2025 02:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Lmaooooo

09.10.2025 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And I was incredibly lucky to get to work with @tlpavlich.gay AGAIN, editor extraordinaire & women’s sports enthusiast who happened to be craving an essay about ACL tears :)

09.10.2025 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sidelined, or No Pain, No Gain - The Offing Essay - The Offing Magazine

I have a new essay out in The Offing today! It’s about playing college basketball on a torn ACL, the fucked coach-player power dynamics, inherent worth & value, our cultural attitudes towards sacrifice in order to WIN THE BIG GAME, & more. give it a read β€οΈπŸ€

theoffingmag.com/essay/sideli...

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Sidelined, or No Pain, No Gain - The Offing Essay - The Offing Magazine

I got to edit another essay by @mcrane12.bsky.social and now you all get to read it in @theoffingmag.bsky.social. If you've followed the impact of ACLs on WoSo in recent years, it's a must read.

09.10.2025 13:12 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0