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

Bunny

Bunny

Mean Girls Meets Tales from the Crypt Author: Mona Awad Samantha doesn’t fit in. Not at her fancy ivy league MFA ...
If I Did It

If I Did It

He Totally Did It . . . Author: OJ Simpson Time for some honesty. I think we have all kind of ...
Cavern, The

Cavern, The

Everything in Australia Wants to Kill You Author: Alister Hodge In an old mining town in the Australian outback, a sinkhole ...
Silas Marner

Silas Marner

Rags to Riches and Anger to Forgiveness Author: George Eliot Silas Marner is a simple man. A weaver, good at his ...
Rabid: A Cultural History of the World’s Most Diabolical Virus

Rabid: A Cultural History of the World’s Most Diabolical Virus

A Virus: History, Horror, & Hope Authors: Bill Wasik & Monica Murphy It goes without saying that humankind has always lived ...
Mystic River

Mystic River

The Lies That Bind Author: Dennis Lehane I discovered Dennis Lehane through Book of the Month’s recommendation of Since We Fell ...
Love Your Life

Love Your Life

Love is . . . a country? Author: Sophie Kinsella Romance was already in Ava’s mind when she began the writing ...
Homicide and Halo-Halo

Homicide and Halo-Halo

Homicide, Hairdos, and Heroics Author: Mia P. Manansala Lila Macapagal finally has her dream, but after her near-murder and the lingering ...
Egg and I, The

Egg and I, The

Memoirs of a Chicken Farmer's Wife Author: Betty MacDonald Following in the footsteps of her mother, Betty MacDonald marries and allows ...
Whisper Down the Lane

Whisper Down the Lane

A Fictionalized Account of the Satanic Panic Author: Clay McLeod Chapman Richard is happy in his new marriage to fellow teacher ...
Alienist, The

Alienist, The

To Catch a Predator Author: Caleb Carr It is 1896, New York, a world teaming with opulence and severe oppression. The ...
Heart of Midnight

Heart of Midnight

Revenge and Werewolves Author:  J. Robert King All Casimir has ever wanted is revenge, at any cost. As a child, ...
Whispering Dead, The

Whispering Dead, The

Author: Darcy Coates Keira is running for her life, and she doesn’t know why. She remembers nothing of her previous ...
abiding conviction book cover

Abiding Conviction

A Killer, a Kidnapper, and a Case Author: Stephen M. Murphy Dutch Francis is at a crossroads. His wife recently announced ...
Pretty Little Wife

Pretty Little Wife

A So-So Domestic Thriller Author: Darby Kane Aaron Ridgefield, beloved local professor, is missing. Lila Ridgefield, his cold, odd wife isn’t ...
God Is a Man of War

God Is a Man of War

Tackling the Difficult Concepts in the Old Testament Author: Stephen De Young I discovered God is a Man of War through ...
Luminous Dead, The

Luminous Dead, The

An Atmospheric Horror Sci-Fi Mashup Author: Caitlin Starling In the dark of a dangerous cavern on a foreign world, two women ...
Man Eater

Man Eater

Rage, Revenge, Cannibalism Author: Ryan Green She wasn’t always a killer. She even nursed wounded animals as a young child. But ...
Little Girls

Little Girls

A Dark & Dissatisfying Story Author: Ronald Malfi A desperate old man, devolving into paranoia and haunted by his past, throws ...
Dead Silence

Dead Silence

Frozen In Time, Dead In Space Author: S.A. Barnes If you go salvaging in space, will anyone ever find your body? ...