“A pair of quietly disturbing tales that will surely resonate with readers.” - Kirkus Reviews
Trampoline Games
It’s the summer of 1986 and all is not well among the sharply defined suburbs of Salt Lake City. A 12-year-old boy arrives in a land of “mountains, Mormons, crickets” to find baffling prejudice, but also intoxicating freedom, lust, moments of heaven and, in the end, a terrible violence.
The Moth Orchid
When a hereditary form of early onset dementia begins to ravage a woman’s mind, she embarks on a desperate quest into her past in hopes of finding answers. Set against the noir backdrop of a sub-zero Alaskan winter, The Moth Orchid is a gripping tale of one woman’s struggle with the inevitability of oblivion.
“Ryan Masters writes stories that pull the rug out from under you— and leave you gasping for air. I've rarely been so surprised as by stories like these. Brilliant work.” – Susie Bright
“Come to Ryan Masters for the lust and violence of youth, stay for madness, decay and death. Above an Abyss is a Borghesian tour de force.” - Elizabeth McKenzie (The Portable Veblen, Stop That Girl)
Goat Trails
Goat Trails is a long-running series of outdoors columns by writer and poet Ryan Masters that takes the reader from the summits of Big Sur to the cold lunar reef below Mavericks and into some of the San Francisco Bay Area’s most intriguing and little-known historical and literary landmarks. Bookmark Goat Trails and check back often for new essays.
