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

Dead Letters

Dead Letters

Blame it on the Alcohol Author: Catie Dolan-Leach In a twisting scavenger hunt of a story, Dead Letters takes two ...
'Salem's Lot

‘Salem’s Lot

Stranger Danger Meets Vampires Meets Small Town America Author: Stephen King Nothing is more horrifying than the insidious side of ...
Deep Fathom

Deep Fathom

Full Fathom Five Author: James Rollins Beneath the surface of the ocean, ancient civilizations and apocalyptic secrets lay. Above the ...
Nanny Murders, The

Nanny Murders, The

Something is Sinister in Suburbia Author: Merry Jones Divorcee Zoe Hayes works as an art therapist at an institution; most ...
Daredevil Volume 6

Daredevil Volume 6

When Daredevil Does Hero Cameos Author: Mark Waid Mark Waid’s Daredevil Volume 6 follows Matt Murdock, tough-as-nails litigator by day and superhero, ...
For Better and Worse

For Better and Worse

Some People Just Need Killing Author: Margot Hunt If someone hurt your child, would you kill them? If you knew ...
Return of the Living Dead

Return of the Living Dead

Author: John Russo I became an adamant fan of zombie horror in general and anything Night of the Living Dead ...
Bones in the Attic, The

Bones in the Attic, The

The Silence of Justice Author: Robert Barnard Former Soccer star and current moderate television and radio success, Matt Harper gets ...
Death by Coffee

Death by Coffee

Why You Should Never Buy a Book Based on the Cover Author: Alex Erickson What could be better than kitties, ...
Dead In the Water

Dead In the Water

The Beginning of a Sassy, Cozy Mystery Series Author: Connie Feddersen Amanda Hazard and her small time Oklahoma town, Vamoose, ...
It

It

We All Float Down Here Author: Stephen King It is arguably Stephen King’s greatest opus, covering the childhood and later haunted ...
Not That I Could Tell

Not That I Could Tell

The Sound of Silence Author: Jessica Strawser The tinny hum of sleeping infants drifts over baby monitors as wine and ...
Who’s Been Sleeping in Your Head

Who’s Been Sleeping in Your Head

Our Heads Are Full Author: Brett Kahr During the early 2000s psychotherapist and psychoanalyst Brett Kahr undertook the largest study ...
Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair

"All is vanity, nothing is fair." Author: William Makepeace Thackeray Back on a classics kick, I decided to revisit an ...
A Feast for Crows

A Feast for Crows

Summer Friends and Winter Friends Author: George R. R. Martin The war across Westeros for one true king has degenerated ...
Dead Ice

Dead Ice

Poly-amorous Love Circles and Zombies Author: Laurell K. Hamilton A new house for me meant a place for the books ...
Queen of the Night

Queen of the Night

A Decadent, Historical Soap Opera Author: Alexander Chee Combining the audacious scandal of the opera world with the high life ...
Snow Child

Snow Child

A Kind Magic, A Killing Magic Author: Eowyn Ivey  In the desolation of 1920s homesteading Alaska, Jack and Mabel arrive ...
Nest, The

Nest, The

1950s Creature Feature with 1980s Gore Author: Gregory A. Douglas Something is festering in the peaceful New England town of ...
Silence of the Girls, The

Silence of the Girls, The

Voices of the Voiceless Author: Pat Barker The famous tale of Achilles, the god-like warrior who destroys Troy and returns ...