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
Prince Caspian
"If you had felt yourself sufficient, it would have been proof that you were not.” Author: C.S. Lewis I’m finally doing ...
Turn of the Key, The
“People do go mad, you know, if you stop them from sleeping for long enough...” Author: Ruth Ware It looks like ...
Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians, The
61 Cut-and-Paste Essays Author: James Patterson I was so excited for The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians, imagining another heart-felt, ...
Life Observed, A
A Reframing of Lewis' Surprised By Joy Author: Devin Brown For the C.S. Lewis Fellowship Life & Writings course (which I ...
Hidden, The
Monsters in the Mirror Author: Sarah Pinborough What does a house full of mutilated bodies, broken mirrors, and occult symbols have ...
Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors and Other True Cases
A Collection of Miscellaneous Cases Author: Ann Rule Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors and Other True Cases is a very loosely themed ...
Death at Bishop’s Keep
Spiritualism and Secrets Author: Robin Paige Kathryn Ardleigh (Kate) is barely making ends meet, so when a surprise missive informs her ...
Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, The
“All shall be done, but it may be harder than you think.” Author: C.S. Lewis The world is at war, ...
Staircase in the Woods, The
"Home is where the hurt is." Author: Chuck Wendig Four outcasts. One-star student. Five friends. Matty is the star student, the ...
Haunting of Paynes Hollow, The
Ancient Dutch Folklore and Serial Killers Author: Kelley Armstrong Samantha Payne hasn’t been the same since the day she discovered her ...
Raptor Red
“Survival is the only true measure of success.” Author: Robert T. Bakker Getting involved in the excitement of Jurassic Park: Rebirth ...
The Last Chronicle of Barset
“Money is worth thinking of, but it is not worth very much thought.” Author: Anthony Trollope In The Last Chronicle of ...
Ghost Camera
“That’s what we always fear the most: the things we can’t see, and the things we don’t yet understand.” Author: Darcy ...
One Beautiful Year of Normal
“We do not remember days; we remember moments.” – Pavese Author: Sandra K. Griffith August Caine is an escape artist. Her ...
When the Wolf Comes Home
“Love is a shape-shifting monster . . .a werewolf with a bottomless stomach.” Author: Nat Cassidy At the end of her work ...
Truly Madly Guilty
“Life was all about consequences.” Author: Liane Moriarty Clementine and Sam seem to have it all: a happy family, cute children, ...
Butcher and the Wren, The
“Nothing is worse than being forgotten.” Author: Alaina Urquhart After starting the Dr. Wren Muller series out of order, reading and ...
Cold Eternity
The Cold, Restless Dead Author: S.A. Barnes The Elysian Fields, a giant barge of a spaceship carrying cryogenically frozen corpses from ...


