Craycroft Crossings · Book One
Some paths were sealed for a reason.
Enter the hidden paths of the Craycroft Crossings series in The Deepest Door—a story of small-town magic, complicated families, and a door that should have stayed closed.
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Craycroft Crossings · Book One
The Deepest Door
Releases November 17, 2026
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Dusty Craycroft thought returning home meant facing his family. He wasn’t prepared for old magic, hidden crossings, or the truth waiting beneath the life he left behind.
Rooted in Missouri and threaded with humor, mystery, romance, and a family legacy far stranger than it first appears.
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Apply for an ARCEvery family has secrets. Some of them have doors.
Symbols & artifacts
The Wentworth Emblem
Four flowing lines meet beneath a central arch, surrounded by an unbroken circle.
An old silver mark tied to the mysteries at the heart of Craycroft Crossings. Its full meaning is best discovered with Dusty.
Behind the crossings
About Dylan Ray
Dylan Ray is a Missouri author writing queer fantasy and speculative fiction filled with magic, humor, complicated families, and slow-building romance.
When he isn’t writing, Dylan works as a bartender and cosmetologist and cares for animals on his small farm. The Deepest Door, Book One in the Craycroft Crossings series, is his debut novel.
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The crossing is only beginning.
The Deepest Door releases November 17, 2026. Book updates, advance-reader opportunities, and release news will be shared here as the Craycroft Crossings series continues.
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For review requests, interviews, events, or other inquiries, contact Dylan Ray:
dylan@authordylanray.com