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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...
Committed

Committed

The Failures of the Mental Health System and the Heartbreak of Caregiving Author: Poalina Milana Committed: bound or obligated to a ...
Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, The

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cold Eternity

The Cold, Restless Dead Author: S.A. Barnes The Elysian Fields, a giant barge of a spaceship carrying cryogenically frozen corpses from ...
Spores

Spores

A Fungus Among Us, Or Military Experiments Gone Wrong Author: Michael McBride There’s a fungus among us – and it’s part ...