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

Live Not By Lies

Live Not By Lies

A Guide For Christians in the West Author: Rod Dreher It’s difficult right now to be a Christian in the United ...
Little Fires Everywhere

Little Fires Everywhere

Mothers' Lies Author: Celeste Ng Everyone lies. Sometimes, the lies burn everything down. In the quite suburb of Shaker Heights, a ...
Barchester Towers

Barchester Towers

Drawing Room Drama and Religious Reactions Author: Anthony Trollope In Trollope’s second installment in The Chronicles of Barsetshire, the little town ...
Father's Story, A

Father’s Story, A

A Look at Jeffery Dahmer, Told By His Father Author: Lionel Dahmer Like almost everyone else, I recently became addicted to ...
Created Equal: How the Bible Broke with Ancient Political Thought

Created Equal: How the Bible Broke with Ancient Political Thought

God's Radical Laws of Freedom in the Old Testament Author: Joshua Berman In Created Equal Joshua Berman focuses on the Hebrew ...
House Next Door, The

House Next Door, The

Brand New House, Evil House Author: Anne Rivers Siddons When I finally got Covid and was stuck isolating (and going stir ...
Sunday Afternoons and Other Times Remembered

Sunday Afternoons and Other Times Remembered

Murder or Mundane? Author: Ben Ewell Easter Sunday 1992 – Dale Ewell, his wife, and his daughter Tiffany are all shot ...
Malignant

Malignant

Torture Porn in Print Author: Michaelbrent Collings It’s a holiday. The buildings should be empty. But a selective announcement went out, ...
Painted House, A

Painted House, A

Memories, Cotton, and Murder Author: John Grisham When you think of John Grisham, you think legal thriller, subterfuge, big money vs ...
River of Silver

River of Silver

A Look Back at Daevabad Author: S.A. Chakraborty S.A. Chakraborty can write. I would probably read (and enjoy) her grocery ...
Tapestry of Dark Souls

Tapestry of Dark Souls

Fate and Fury in the Dark Domains Author: Elaine Bergstrom Jonathon has grown up cloaked in secrecy. Living with a group ...
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Murder or Mistake? Author: John Berendt Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is the story of a rich, eccentric ...
All He Ever Wanted

All He Ever Wanted

Love, Obsession, Destruction Author: Anita Shreve On the way to his sister’s funeral, Nicholas Van Tassel is thinking about his life, ...
Partner, The

Partner, The

New Life, Old Enemies Author: John Grisham Patrick S. Lanigan was an up-and-coming lawyer with a big firm who had an ...
Christmas Cupcake Murder

Christmas Cupcake Murder

Mistletoe and Memory Author: Joanne Fluke In Christmas Cupcake Murder, we’re once again back-in-time at the beginning of Hannah’s sleuth-on-the-side gig ...
Resort, The

Resort, The

In the Desert, No One Can Hear You Die Author: Bentley Little There is no one who can take the ordinary ...
Relics

Relics

An Urban Story of a Dark Collection Author: Tim Lebbon When Angela’s boyfriend, Vince, suddenly leaves without a word, his farewell ...
Come Closer

Come Closer

By the Sea of Blood, She Will Never Leave You Author: Sara Gran It starts small. Almost easy to ignore. A ...
Good House, The

Good House, The

A Legacy of Voodoo and a Cursed Home Author: Tananarive Due The Good House is known to be just that: a ...
Rainmaker, The

Rainmaker, The

The Everyman vs Big Insurance Author: John Grisham Rudy Baylor is about to graduate law school. The world is his oyster ...