Frances Carden

About Frances

Frances is the author of the horror novella The Mine. She has also been published in Abundant Grace; Magical: An Anthology of Fantasy, Fairy Tales, and other Magical Fiction for Adults; Answers I’ll Accept: True Accounts of Online Dating; 20 Something Magazine; and Wisteria Magazine. She wrote for Epinions.com for eight years. Frances is currently working on a dark fantasy/horror novel called Plague Town.

Frances has a Masters in Fiction Writing from Johns Hopkins  and works as a technical writer during the day, where she attempts to make software exciting.

Frances’ Reviews

Painted House, A

Painted House, A

Memories, Cotton, and Murder Author: John Grisham When you think of John Grisham, you think legal thriller, subterfuge, big money vs ...
River of Silver

River of Silver

A Look Back at Daevabad Author: S.A. Chakraborty S.A. Chakraborty can write. I would probably read (and enjoy) her grocery ...
Tapestry of Dark Souls

Tapestry of Dark Souls

Fate and Fury in the Dark Domains Author: Elaine Bergstrom Jonathon has grown up cloaked in secrecy. Living with a group ...
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Murder or Mistake? Author: John Berendt Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is the story of a rich, eccentric ...
All He Ever Wanted

All He Ever Wanted

Love, Obsession, Destruction Author: Anita Shreve On the way to his sister’s funeral, Nicholas Van Tassel is thinking about his life, ...
Partner, The

Partner, The

New Life, Old Enemies Author: John Grisham Patrick S. Lanigan was an up-and-coming lawyer with a big firm who had an ...
Christmas Cupcake Murder

Christmas Cupcake Murder

Mistletoe and Memory Author: Joanne Fluke In Christmas Cupcake Murder, we’re once again back-in-time at the beginning of Hannah’s sleuth-on-the-side gig ...
Resort, The

Resort, The

In the Desert, No One Can Hear You Die Author: Bentley Little There is no one who can take the ordinary ...
Relics

Relics

An Urban Story of a Dark Collection Author: Tim Lebbon When Angela’s boyfriend, Vince, suddenly leaves without a word, his farewell ...
Come Closer

Come Closer

By the Sea of Blood, She Will Never Leave You Author: Sara Gran It starts small. Almost easy to ignore. A ...
Good House, The

Good House, The

A Legacy of Voodoo and a Cursed Home Author: Tananarive Due The Good House is known to be just that: a ...
Rainmaker, The

Rainmaker, The

The Everyman vs Big Insurance Author: John Grisham Rudy Baylor is about to graduate law school. The world is his oyster ...
My Dark Vanessa

My Dark Vanessa

Lolita Today Author: Kate Elizabeth Russell In light of the #MeToo movement, against the backdrop of a modern-day Lolita, Kate ...
Cat Who Could Read Backwards, The

Cat Who Could Read Backwards, The

First in a New Cozy Mystery Series Author: Lilian Jackson Braun Jim Qwilleran has recently joined The Daily Fluxion, and as ...
Tender Prey

Tender Prey

Part Horror, Part Thriller: A Mother's Dilemma Author: Julia Grice Sherry Vincent is haunted by memories of her summer as a ...
Age of Innocence

Age of Innocence

A So-So Classic with Unlikable Characters Author: Edith Wharton Newland Archer, former lover of a married woman, has sown his wild ...
Something Borrowed, Someone Dead

Something Borrowed, Someone Dead

Something Borrowed, Someone Murdered Author: M.C. Beaton Agatha is bored, and that is always a dangerous thing. The recession has lessened ...
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?

Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?

A Look at Animal intelligence and the Science That's Trying to Understand It  Author: Frans De Wall I picked up ...
Golden State

Golden State

The State of Truth Author: Ben H. Winters In Underground Airlines author Ben H. Winter forced us to examine the relentless ...
I Owe You One

I Owe You One

Destiny or Duty? Author: Sophie Kinsella Fixie is all about family. She is, after all, the fixer. The responsible one. The ...