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

Golden State

Golden State

The State of Truth Author: Ben H. Winters In Underground Airlines author Ben H. Winter forced us to examine the relentless ...
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I Owe You One

I Owe You One

Destiny or Duty? Author: Sophie Kinsella Fixie is all about family. She is, after all, the fixer. The responsible one. The ...
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Joyland

Joyland

Coming of Age and Killers Author: Stephen King Devin Jones is having a strange summer. It’s half magical, and half deadly ...
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Picture of Dorian Gray

Picture of Dorian Gray

The Price of Pleasure Author: Oscar Wilde Would you commit a crime if there was a guarantee that you would never ...
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Landfall

Landfall

Revelations & Revenge Author: Dawn Lee McKenna With a hurricane just offshore and Wyatt hours away in the hospital, preparing for ...
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Book of Night

Book of Night

For Shadows and Cons and Love Author: Holly Black In Charlie Hall’s world magic is real, but so is the ...
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Rats, The

Rats, The

A Problematic Creature Feature Author: James Herbert There have been a few gruesome incidents in East London lately. Rats eating sleeping ...
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Ice Out

Ice Out

Of Death and Life and Revenge Author: Susan Speranza Francesca is drowning, and all she can think of is what once ...
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Into the Drowning Deep

Into the Drowning Deep

Killer Mermaids and Campy Characters Author: Mira Grant Imagine is a cheesy company known for their low budget horror films and ...
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Communion

Communion

Alien Chats and Fevered Dreams Author: Whitley Strieber Whitley Strieber, popular horror/thriller author, claims that he has been abducted by aliens ...
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Witching Hour, The

Witching Hour, The

A Generational Story of Evil Author: Anne Rice There are generations of witches and behind them is one insidious entity, carefully ...
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Paris Apartment, The

Paris Apartment, The

Another Generic Thriller Author: Lucy Foley Jess is a stranger in Pairs, a girl on the run from a job turned ...
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None of These Diseases

None of These Diseases

A Look Behind God's Ancient Laws Authors: S.I. McMillen & David E. Stern Anyone who has spent any amount of time ...
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Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson

Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson

Behind the Scenes of the Sensational Trial Author: Jeffrey Toobin One of my earliest memories is of my parents watching the ...
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Bunny

Bunny

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