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Burn the Plans
- Narrated by: Connor Brannigan, Tyler Jones
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
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Summary
From Tyler Jones (author of Criterium, The Dark Side of the Room, and Almost Ruth) comes Burn the Plans, a collection featuring 15 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 14 short stories and one novelette, Burn the Plans is a relentless journey into the dark places we end up when all of our plans go wrong.
Critic reviews
“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)
“At turns disquieting and surreal, Burn the Plans demands we chase shadows through unlit cities and down painful roads. Jones paints the grim portrait of a shattered-glass world and then throws us inside with no way out. In this collection, everywhere and everyone is a haunted house.” (Hailey Piper, author of The Worm and His Kings)
“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)
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- Craig
- 25-01-24
A truly excellent short story collection
There's been a lot of buzz in certain circles around Tyler Jones recently, so I was very eager to dive into his work. A short story collection is often a great way to get acquainted with an author, and I certainly hope this is the case here as I'm now very eager to read more.
The stories in this book feel incredibly polished, with no filler, just enough meat on the bones to sink your teeth into. There seems to be a lot of praise - understandably - for the longer tales, 'Trigger' and 'Full Fathom Five', but they certainly do not overshadow the quicker reads. 'Crate 42', clocking in at less than 7 minutes in audiobook form, managed to quickly create an atmosphere of dread. While a lesser author may have expanded this story to provide some kind of explanation, Jones is content to let a sense of mystery hang over it, and to allow your imagination to do the work. This is one that really stuck with me.
I'd also like to single out Deep Down for praise, a brilliantly creepy story of a phantom limb, told nearly entirely from a first-person perspective through voicemails. An excellent framing device, and one of my personal favourites in this collection.
I thought the narrator was great as well, at no point taking me out of the stories as I listened. Combined with sporadic use of sound effects, this was one of the better listening experiences I have had in a while.
Overall, I cant recommend Burn The Plans enough to anyone looking for a set of engaging, often creepy, sometimes downright scary, stories. There's the usual minor criticisms you can level at nearly any great collection like this - maybe some endings are abrupt, maybe some people would prefer some tales to be fleshed out in a different way, not every story will appeal to everybody - but they barely seem worthy of consideration. The biggest takeaway from this read, for me, was the feeling that Jones has the mind and ability to craft a truly spectacular novel. I cannot wait to one day read it.
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- Chiara
- 18-02-24
Excellent collection of short stories!
I need to thank Tyler Jones for the opportunity to listen to this amazing collection of short stories which emphasises again how talented this author is. The narrator Connor Brannigan was also fantastic in bringing the stories to life.
If I have to summarise how I felt whilst listening to the stories, I'd say like walking in the sea and basking in the comfort of the water splashing around you whilst your toes are massaged by the sand underneath..and then suddenly feeling the whole body and brain pierced by acute pain as the realisation of having stepped onto a weever fish dawns on you!
That's how I felt, as seemingly normal or average pictures become something dark and terrifying, although unbelievably possible!
Tyler Jones' prose is beautiful and variegated, so that each story feels different but the author's signature still recognisable. I loved all the stories but some left me really breathless and are still swimming in my mind, be it for the characters, the plot, the way they were told or else.
If you like horror short stories that will grab your heart and mind and never leave them, then this collection is for you!
I'll definitely get a print copy as well as I'd love to revisit those stories that are still with me.
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- David Slater
- 02-02-24
Outstanding, my favourite collection of short horror stories ever
This is just an excellent collection. Thought provoking stories with moving themes and genuine WTF moments that had me talking out loud to the narrator. THIS is how you do horror short stories.
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