Tyler Jones

Darklit Press

From Tyler Jones, author of MIDAS and BURN THE PLANS, one of Esquire's Best Horror Books of 2022, comes a story of deep sea terror and cosmic horror. Struggling with the pressures of being a new father and the weight of regrets, Jamie Fletcher travels to Hawaii in hopes of connecting with his estranged brother, Eric. After a shocking act of violence, the brothers end up on a fishing boat--along with the captain and his son--in the middle of the ocean, where they encounter an uncanny and terrifying phenomenon that will signal a shift in the evolution of the world.

Heavy Oceans

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 fourteen 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. Praise for Burn the Plans "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 "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 "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

Burn the Plans

The Dark Side of the Room Extended Edition Includes an introduction by Philip Fracassi (Beneath a Pale Sky) and the novella Along the Shadow For years, Betsy Lupino has lived alone in a rundown apartment. Alone except for the growing wall of darkness that slowly devours her thoughts and memories. When a mysterious stranger moves into the building, Betsy fears the worst--that all of the dark inside her head has escaped into the real world. "Genuinely unsettling and leaking of paranoid dread, The Dark Side of the Room is residential horror at its finest." - Max Booth III, author of We Need to Do Something "What struck me the hardest was the delicate beauty of the telling. There's a tight-wired fragility to the prose, to the story, that creates a sense of both awe and uncertainty. A grisly tale, an ever-so-slow twisting of a knife. A triumphant piece of fiction." - Philip Fracassi, author of Beneath a Pale Sky and Behold the Void "I devoured this one. Holy hell. Tyler brings so much heart to the story...A lucid read which creeps low to the ground until it springs on an unknowing you. Heart. Blood. Grief. All the good stuff. I've said it before and know I'll say it again: Tyler Jones is the real deal." - Scott J. Moses, author of Hunger Pangs "...a horrifying treat...made my skin crawl...some of the scenes made squirm and gag." - Villimey Mist, author of Nocturnal Blood and Nocturnal Farm "Ominous and profound...a dark and creepy tale that left me filled with dread." - Brian Bowyer, author of Sinister Mix and Flesh Rehearsal "There's melancholy, chills and poignancy throughout this book...Jones really puts his foot down and goes for the jugular. This is a surprising and intense read." - Dan Howarth author of Dark Missives "The Dark Side of the Room delves deep into the horror of a mind devoured by darkness. This book will leave readers with a creeping sense of dread that is all-consuming from start to finish. Tyler Jones is an extremely talented writer who crafts some of the most compelling stories I've read in the horror genre." - Andrew Fowlow, The Horror Oasis "...a tense, supernatural horror that builds steadily without compromise. Themes of dementia and horror bleed together in a story about a strange new resident to an apartment block with a very dark secret." - Craig Wallwork, author of Bad People and Human Tenderloin

The Dark Side of the Room

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