BURN THE PLANS
An Esquire "Best Horror Book of the Year"
From Tyler Jones (author of Criterium, The Dark Side of the Room, and Almost Ruth) comes Burn the Plans, a collection featuring fifteen tales of supernatural suspense.
In “A Sharp Black Line” children go missing whenever a ghostly island appears in the center of a river during a storm, and a father must make a terrible choice.
Two young brothers are tasked with burying the family dog, and uncover dark family secrets in “Trigger.”
In “Red Hands” a disturbed man goes on a killing spree, and his childhood friend suspects it has something to do with what they found, many years ago, hidden in a cave.
A courtroom sketch artist draws the evil she cannot see in “The Devil on the Stand.”
A young boy sets out to get photographic proof of the ghosts that haunt his home in “Boo!”
Grotesque government experiments, a remote viewer who blurs past and future, a crate that contains ancient evil, and bloodthirsty machines are all part of the world in which these tales take place.
Featuring fifteen short stories and one novella, Burn the Plans is a relentless journey into the dark places we end up when all of our plans go wrong.
Praise for Burn the Plans
“…a manifesto for how horror can move, disturb, amuse, and devastate…reads like something whispered in a bar late at night by a one-eyed man with interesting tattoos and a worrying number of scars…these stories are written with such heart and humanity that you close the book feeling refreshed, confident that horror still has much to offer.”
- Esquire
“In his first collection Burn the Plans, Tyler Jones is an author who has found his voice, and it’s a confident, assured one. From the opening story’s look at guilt and penance to the closing story’s tale of a Christmas gone horribly wrong, Burn the Plans features real characters caught up in unreal situations. Recommended!”
– John F.D. Taff, Bram Stoker Award-Nominated author of Little Black Spots and The Fearing
“Trust me: Get this collection. Tyler is an amazing storyteller, and he will crush you with the weight of these stories.”
– Sadie Hartmann “Mother Horror,” author of 101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered
“Original and highly entertaining with storytelling prose that refuses to let go. You’re going to have fun with this one.”
– Chad Lutzke, author of Of Foster Homes and Flies