Thomas McClure
Not Much Yet, But Iโll Be Someone Soon
Thomas McClure (He/They), also known as TAM, is a Scottish writer in the science fiction, fantasy, and abstract genres, and has also worked in video producing, storytelling, scriptwriting, playwriting, poetry, and more.
Showing an interest in writing from a very young age, Thomas has spent years working on their craft and refining their passion into a talent. In 2020, he began uploading his work onto this website and onto his YouTube channel. In 2021, they graduated from the University of Glasgowโs postgraduate Creative Writing course, becoming a Master of Letters. He also participated in the inaugural year of the Bunbury Banter Theatre Companyโs Young Playwright Programme, developing his work with professional playwrights and theatre creatives from across the UK, and in November 2020 he had his Play โFunctionโ performed over Zoom. He is also became a part of Performance Collective Stranraer, a developmental organization of artists from southwest Scotland interested in theatre, in early 2023, and he has been a collaborating artist in Magnetic Northโs Rough Mix, a two week residency in early 2024. Thomas writes theatre reviews for the CatStrand, whom he has worked with on various projects since 2018, and is a part of the Theatre Royalโs Playwrights group. Thomas McClure also works as a bartender and bar supervisor as their day job.
Thomasโs storytelling interests involved a wide range of topics and themes. He has produced short stories, monologues, short films, feature-length films, theatre reviews, essays, short plays, and more. Their work touches upon themes of identity, gender and queerness, intersectionality, systemic issues, power structures, revolutions, reactionary politics, climate change, and more. His intent for his stories are to have an impact, whether it be on the global stage or a single person; he seeks to motivate, educate, inspire, and open oneโs mind to new ideas, experiences, politics, perspectives, and pathways in life.
Three Queens and the Sisterly War
The winds are changing. The Coexistence is under threat. The sisters are scattered. And the King is dead. So begins the age of Three Queens and the Sisterly War.
The Kingdom of Amica
The Kingdom of Amica is the setting of many of the stories written by Thomas McClure, including Three Queens, Path of the Princess, and Wolf Valley.
The Connection Collection
An Anthology of Eight Short Stories about Connection:
1. Standing
2. Everything and More
3. The Right Connections
4. Care to Love
5. The Youngest War
6. Great Glass
7. Branch Allegoria
8. The Salve Connect
Videos
Patreon
Money can be exchanged for goods and services that keep me alive. My Patreon helps me thrive and supports me in producing more content and content of higher quality. You can support me through a single donation or regular contributions through my Patreon account.
If you want to know about what goes on inside my head, then please reconsider, however, if youโre sure, then feel free to check out my Twitter account. I post whatever Iโm thinking in that moment, which is often quite boring, and I like and retweet a hell of a lot. I am chronically online, and this simply proves it.
Wanna see me? Or at least the sometimes carefully curated version of me I want people to see? Then feel free to check out my Instagram account where I post either photos of myself, of my friends, or of the art I commission from other talented folk.