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

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 ...
Butcher Game, The

Butcher Game, The

"Sometimes the devil is just a human who wants to inflict pain." Author: Alaina Urquhart Dr. Wren Muller still remembers the ...
Gila!

Gila!

Monster Mayhem Author: Les Simons In the beautiful world of giant, oversized monsters run amok through unprepared humanity, the 1959 ...
Salvation Day

Salvation Day

“The world not as it is, but as it is meant to be.” Author: Kali Wallace The House of Wisdom is ...
Open Bar

Open Bar

Sexual Abuse, Politics, and Justice Author: Dan Schorr Mountain Hill University has long been a bastion of education and sports, so ...
Dead in Long Beach, California

Dead in Long Beach, California

“All humans would eventually try anything to feel more than nothing.” Author: Venita Blackburn I came to Dead in Long Beach, ...
Victorian Psycho

Victorian Psycho

“I wonder if this blackness isn't in fact the real world, and the true blindfold is that other world of ...
Piglet

Piglet

"To say something, to do something, to feel something, would be to self-destruct." Author: Lottie Hazell Piglet finally has it all ...
Woman In the Polar Night, A

Woman In the Polar Night, A

"You must live through the long night, the storms, and the destruction of human pride." Author: Christiane Ritter I was excited ...
Stolen Tongues

Stolen Tongues

"If you speak long enough into the void, someone is bound to start listening." Author: Felix Blackwell Faye and Felix are ...
Too Good To Be True

Too Good To Be True

"The irony in unbearable things is that they actually are bearable." Author: Carola Lovering You’ve heard the old saying – if ...
Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, The

Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, The

“Light is only possible through dialogue between cultures, not through rejection of one or the other.” Author: James McBride Set in ...
War of the Worlds

War of the Worlds

“This isn't a war. It never was a war, any more than there's war between man and ants.” Author: H.G. Wells ...
Captive in Iran

Captive in Iran

"Whatever God has planned is what will happen." Authors: Maryam Rostampour and Marziyeh Amirizadeh Maryam Rostampour and Marziyeh Amirizadeh are ...
Bad Tourists

Bad Tourists

Bad Tourists, Bad Logic, Bad Story Author: Caro Carver Three friends, bonded by collective loss and trauma, take a fancy trip ...
Sorceress Comes to Call, A

Sorceress Comes to Call, A

"This was like... fear at first sight." Author: T. Kingfisher Cordelia is lonely and scared. In her mother’s house, she is ...
What Does It Feel Like

What Does It Feel Like

“Fate’s the boss. And there are no teasers. All we can do is wait and see what happens.” Author: Sophie Kinsella ...
Revenant-X

Revenant-X

Space Zombies, Lost Love, and Secrets Author: David Wellington Disillusioned agent Alexandra Petrova and barely sane Doctor Zheng, alongside the sardonic ...