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 Master in Writing from Johns Hopkins University and works as a program specialist during the day.

Frances’ Reviews

Awash

Awash

Maggie Shocks Readers Author: Dawn Lee McKenna Wyatt, Apalachicola’s sheriff, Maggie’s boss, and Maggie’s secret boyfriend, has made good on his ...
Great Divorce, The

Great Divorce, The

"Reality is harsh to the feet of shadows." Author: C.S. Lewis In The Great Divorce a dreaming man (Lewis himself) takes ...
Dead in the Hay

Dead in the Hay

Farming Accident or Framed for a Felony? Author: Connie Feddersen Amanda Hazard, CPA and amateur sleuth, has made it to wedded ...
Bliss Montage

Bliss Montage

“Another self was needed to move into the future.” Author: Ling Ma Running the gambit from abusive relationships to surreal pregnancies, ...
Nicholas Nickleby

Nicholas Nickleby

“Such is hope, heaven's own gift to struggling mortals...” Author: Charles Dickens After the death of young Nicholas’ errant father, the ...
My Year of Really Bad Dates

My Year of Really Bad Dates

The Dangers and Heartaches of Dating Author: Rachel J. Lithgow Let’s be honest: movies and TV lie, because dating at any ...
Heads

Heads

Evil '80s Science and Rebellious Disembodied Heads Author: David Osborn Over fifteen years ago now, I purchased a huge eBay mystery ...
Lure

Lure

Revenge of the Old Gods Author: Tim McGregor In the chapel of a lonesome fishing village, the bones of a monster ...
More: A Memoir of Open Marriage

More: A Memoir of Open Marriage

"My heart is open enough to hold it all.” Author: Molly Roden Winter Molly’s late-night disagreement with her husband opens a ...
Beautiful Ugly

Beautiful Ugly

“Fear can make something beautiful appear ugly.” Author: Alice Feeney Author Grady Green is a ruined man. He can’t write anymore ...
Wild Dark Shore

Wild Dark Shore

“Here is the nature of life, we must love things with our whole selves knowing they will die.” Author: Charlotte McConaghy ...
Clue of the Tapping Heels, The

Clue of the Tapping Heels, The

Tap Dancing and Cat Burglars Author: Carolyn Keene In The Clue of the Tapping Heels, Nancy is back, hot on the ...
Ghost Virus

Ghost Virus

Cute Clothes and Cannibal Curses Author: Graham Masterton A happy woman, on the verge of being married to her dream man, ...
Footprints of Thunder

Footprints of Thunder

Humans and Dinosaurs, Together Again Author: James F. David What’s better than dinosaurs? Dinosaurs running amok among people, of course! Footprints ...
Something In The Walls

Something In The Walls

"I wonder how the grief can still twist inside you ... when you least expect it." Author: Daisy Pearce Mina is ...
This World Is Not Yours

This World Is Not Yours

Toxic Relationships Destroying Alien Worlds Author: Kemi Ashing-Giwa Vinh and Amara are happily married – sort of. There is that lingering ...
Thirteenth Child, The

Thirteenth Child, The

“I couldn't have a lifetime, but I could have this moment.” Author: Erin A. Craig Hazel’s parents never wanted her ...
Dream Hotel, The

Dream Hotel, The

“Under the right circumstances, anything can be made into something sinister.” Author: Laila Lalami Sara gets pulled away from her husband ...
Silent Key

Silent Key

Ghosts and Submarines and Secrets Author: Laurel Hightower He died screaming. His mangled, crushed body still held together enough to show ...
Deep, The

Deep, The

"To hurt is to love, right?” Author: Nick Cutter Humanity is on the verge of extinction. There is a new, inexplicable ...