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

When We Were All Still Alive

When We Were All Still Alive

Life, Opportunities, and Love Lost Author: Keith McWalter Conrad Burrell is living in grief. Every day he thinks about his wife, ...
7 Pressing Questions: Addressing Critical Challenges to Christian Faith

7 Pressing Questions: Addressing Critical Challenges to Christian Faith

A Brief Overview of Pressing Questions about the Christian Faith Author: Bill Kynes I first encountered Bill Kynes’ short book of ...
Life Ever After

Life Ever After

A Story of Tech and Love Author: Carla Grauls In a far flung future, in a place called Tech City, a ...
Gulf

Gulf

A Great Premise with Bad Delivery Author: Shelly Campbell As the youngest of seven brothers, David has always known that he ...
Sleep, My Child, Forever: The Riveting True Story of a Mother Who Murdered Her Own Children

Sleep, My Child, Forever: The Riveting True Story of a Mother Who Murdered Her Own Children

A Disturbed Mother Who Kills Her Children for Money Author: John Coston It’s the 1980s, and down-and-out single mother Ellen Boehm ...
Silverswift

Silverswift

No One is Ever Too Old for Fairy Tales Author: Natalie Lloyd Eliza is tired of her mom’s city apartment and ...
Arsenic and Adobo

Arsenic and Adobo

This Year's Best New Cozy Mystery Series Author: Mia P. Manansala Lila Macapagal does not want to be in her stifling, ...
Fantasticland

Fantasticland

When the Lights Go Off, the Beasts Rise Author: Mike Bockoven FantasticLand has the power and pull of Disney World. Constructed ...
King of Sting

King of Sting

An Australian Con-Man and the Podcaster Who Wants to Expose Him Author: Justin Armsden I am back-at it with my ...
Lost Village, The

Lost Village, The

Abandoned Villages & Sinister Secrets Author: Camilla Sten There is a secret in Alice Lindstedt’s family, and she cannot let it ...
Blister

Blister

Monsters and Lovers Author: Jeff Strand Jason Tray is on a forced vacation after scaring away some kids who were tormenting ...
Suffer the Children

Suffer the Children

Torture Porn and Depravity Author: John Saul High on the hill, rich and ill at ease, are the Congers. The entire ...
Four Winds, The

Four Winds, The

A Story of Family, Survival, and Belonging Author: Kristin Hannah Elsa is the sick one. The dowdy one. The forgotten sister ...
Bleak House

Bleak House

Of Greed and Law Author: Charles Dickens Charles Dickens has been my favorite author since grade-school, when I first encountered his ...
Fisherman, The

Fisherman, The

On Grief, and Evil Mermaids, and Myth Author: John Langan After losing his wife, Abe is forced to go through his ...
Since We Fell

Since We Fell

When Heroines Go Rouge Author: Dennis Lehane Rachel has always been a seeker. Seeking meaning, seeking love, seeking connection, seeking answers ...
Their Eyes Were Watching God

Their Eyes Were Watching God

A Classic That Tries Too Hard Author: Zora Neale Hurston It’s 1930s in the Deep South and Janie Crawford, a young ...
Cuckoo’s Cry, The

Cuckoo’s Cry, The

He Let Her In; He Can't Make Her Leave Author: Caroline Overington On the brink of Australia’s Covid-19 lockdown, Don ...
Departures

Departures

Comfortably Numb Author: E.J. Wenstrom Seventeen-year-old Evalee is celebrating the last night of her life. There aren’t many who are close ...
Vanishing, The

Vanishing, The

Killer Rich People and Ancient Monsters Author: Bentley Little The rich are starting to go crazy and kill. One blood soaked ...