mastershakeme - Stories

In 1995, Sam, a shy, young nurse, begins work at Ash Hollow, a remote psychiatric hospital in mountainous Pennsylvania. There, he meets Jack, an intense patient whose disturbing drawings hint at something far darker than schizophrenia. Jack insists his ex-lover, Gabriel, has been taken by the hospital’s secret reprogramming project—and may still be alive somewhere inside.

As Sam falls for Jack, he must choose between safety and love, risking everything to uncover the truth buried beneath Ash Hollow before it swallows them both.

Homeless Tyler Brooks accepts a mysterious pill that reveals Philadelphia's hidden magical world and grants him power to influence emotions. When he falls for Rain, a teen trapped in sex work, their love creates unexpected magic that strengthens reality. But the pills are part of an ancient entity's plan to merge worlds and destroy civilization. As addiction spirals into withdrawal hell, Tyler and Rain must learn that authentic connection is more powerful than any drug—and the only force that can save their city from apocalypse.

Colt has a violent past. He was expelled for beating up another classmate, and he and his family are moving to another town because of it. New house, new town, new start. Only Colt foresees a lot more violence in his future once he realizes his new friend, Noah, is in trouble.

When Gordon asks Jamie to help kidnap his internet boyfriend, he's, of course, hesitant. But when Jamie meets Adam, he starts to develop feelings. Jamie's life is complicated though. He has custody of his young daughter now, and he’s just about to finish probation. He's already juggling more than he can handle, can he also deal with an underaged boy he can’t help but to love?

Alex Carver expected the youth leadership summit to be awkward. He didn't expect the plane to go down.

Stranded on an uncharted island with no adults and no signal, Alex is forced out of the invisibility he's spent years perfecting. As hunger and power struggles divide the survivors, he's caught between Liam, a volatile boy running from the truth about himself, and Hudson, a leader whose control begins to look like possession.

What was supposed to be paradise becomes a fight for survival, identity, and the dangerous things people become when no one is coming to save them.

Joey Balas can’t read, can’t keep a job, and can’t seem to catch a break—until he’s handed a delivery job by his criminal brother that lands him face-to-face with a Cleveland mobster… and a murder he was never supposed to witness. Marked for death, Joey’s saved by the last person he expected: the hitman ordered to kill him.

D is cold, quiet, and done taking orders. Letting Joey live was a mistake he can’t take back—and maybe doesn’t want to. Now the two of them are on the run, tangled up in a mess of dirty secrets, family betrayals, and the slow-burning bond growing between them.