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

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 ...
Joyland

Joyland

Coming of Age and Killers Author: Stephen King Devin Jones is having a strange summer. It’s half magical, and half deadly ...
Picture of Dorian Gray

Picture of Dorian Gray

The Price of Pleasure Author: Oscar Wilde Would you commit a crime if there was a guarantee that you would never ...
Landfall

Landfall

Revelations & Revenge Author: Dawn Lee McKenna With a hurricane just offshore and Wyatt hours away in the hospital, preparing for ...
Book of Night

Book of Night

For Shadows and Cons and Love Author: Holly Black In Charlie Hall’s world magic is real, but so is the ...
Rats, The

Rats, The

A Problematic Creature Feature Author: James Herbert There have been a few gruesome incidents in East London lately. Rats eating sleeping ...
Ice Out

Ice Out

Of Death and Life and Revenge Author: Susan Speranza Francesca is drowning, and all she can think of is what once ...
Into the Drowning Deep

Into the Drowning Deep

Killer Mermaids and Campy Characters Author: Mira Grant Imagine is a cheesy company known for their low budget horror films and ...
Communion

Communion

Alien Chats and Fevered Dreams Author: Whitley Strieber Whitley Strieber, popular horror/thriller author, claims that he has been abducted by aliens ...
Witching Hour, The

Witching Hour, The

A Generational Story of Evil Author: Anne Rice There are generations of witches and behind them is one insidious entity, carefully ...
Paris Apartment, The

Paris Apartment, The

Another Generic Thriller Author: Lucy Foley Jess is a stranger in Pairs, a girl on the run from a job turned ...
None of These Diseases

None of These Diseases

A Look Behind God's Ancient Laws Authors: S.I. McMillen & David E. Stern Anyone who has spent any amount of time ...
Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson

Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson

Behind the Scenes of the Sensational Trial Author: Jeffrey Toobin One of my earliest memories is of my parents watching the ...