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

Ordering Your Private World

Ordering Your Private World

How to Build a Solid Life & Faith Foundation Author: Gordon MacDonald This year I’ve done something exciting! I’ve been accepted ...
Annihilation

Annihilation

An Adventure in a Cursed Land Author: Jeff Vandermeer Area X is a mystery, a deadly portion of land, contaminated, cut ...
What Lies in the Woods

What Lies in the Woods

Skeletons of the Past Author: Kate Alice Marshall While playing in the woods with her best friends, eleven-year-old Naomi was brutally ...
Golden Frog Games, The

Golden Frog Games, The

The Destruction of a Coven Author: Claribel A. Ortega Since Witchlings, Seven and her friends Valley and Thorn have been forged ...
Witchlings

Witchlings

The Trauma of Growing Up and Fighting Monsters Author: Claribel A. Ortega Twelve-year-old Seven Salazar is on the path to all ...
Exorcists' House, The

Exorcists’ House, The

An Amateur Exorcist Story Author: Nick Roberts Daniel Hill has an idea to make some extra cash – a fixer-upper farmhouse ...
What Never Happened

What Never Happened

Murder in Paradise Author: Rachel Howzell Hall One-night teenage Colette “Coco” Weber escaped her parent’s stifling home for a little forbidden ...
Daughter of Rome

Daughter of Rome

A Look Into the Secrets of Priscilla and Aquila Author: Tessa Afshar Priscilla has a secret and a deep regret. She ...
Pallbearers Club, The

Pallbearers Club, The

Scary Jackets and Creepy Dressers Author: Paul Tremblay Art Barbara (fake name to protect the not-so-innocent) was an awkward adolescent, encumbered ...
She Rides: Chasing Dreams Across California and Mexico

She Rides: Chasing Dreams Across California and Mexico

Living Vs Surviving Author: Alenka Vrecek Time often heals, but it also takes away choices, opportunities, dreams. What we once promised ...
Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, The

Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, The

A Quirky Read Worth the Hype Author: Grady Hendrix I’m not a Grady Hendrix fan, or at least I wasn’t, but ...
Sallow Bend

Sallow Bend

A Haunted Town and a Janitor Who Knows All Author: Alan Baxter In the small town of Sallow Bend two teenagers ...
In the Name of the Children

In the Name of the Children

A So-So Vignette Into Tracking Child Predators Author: Jeffrey L. Rinek Jeff Rinek always wanted to be part of the FBI, ...
Have At It, Sister

Have At It, Sister

Murderer or Battered Woman? Author: Bill Griffeth One late night in April 1991, the abuse was finally too much for ...
Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafa

Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafa

Pirates, Peris, Krakens, and Ancient Magic Author: S.A. Chakraborty  Amina al-Sirafi has led a life of power and adventure, delicious ...
All Hallows

All Hallows

The Last Halloween Author: Christopher Golden A small, seemingly innocuous neighborhood in Coventry Massachusetts is preparing for a night of delightful ...
Prodigal God, The

Prodigal God, The

A New Look at a Beloved Parable Author: Timothy Keller We’re all familiar with the story of the prodigal son. It’s ...
Biblical Theology, Volume 1: The Common Grace Covenants

Biblical Theology, Volume 1: The Common Grace Covenants

A Look at Covenants in the Bible: the Adamic and Noahic Author: Jeffrey J. Niehaus For the last several months, I’ve ...
Mind of the Raven

Mind of the Raven

An Inconclusive, Narrow Look at Ravens Author: Bernd Heinrich When I was a child, I was addicted to nature and wildlife ...
What Moves the Dead

What Moves the Dead

Something Devastating at Usherland Author: T. Kingfisher Something strange is happening in the countryside of Ruritania. The stagnate lake glows ...