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

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The Whole Cat and Caboodle

Kitties and Crazed Killers Author: Sofie Ryan Returning to her summer childhood home in North Harbor, Maine, Sarah Grayson is ...
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Bertrand Court

Collections of Loss Author: Michelle Brafman Centered around an up-scale and seemingly benign Washington, DC neighborhood, Bertrand Court takes a look at ...
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The Convenient Cadaver

Beer, Horror Movies, and Old Lace... Author: Matt Ferraz With fall in the air and pumpkin-spice everything on the shelves, ...
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Good as Gone

A "Meh" Plot, Good as Forgotten Author: Amy Gentry What would you do if you saw your sister abducted from ...
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The Bungalow Mystery

Nancy Unravels Dark Secrets and Hidden Identities Author: Carolyn Keene  Nancy Drew, beloved female heroine for multiple generations of feisty ...
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A Light in the Window

Love Thy Neighbor? Author: Jan Karon As the blustery winter season blows in, Father Tim is struggling with new emotions ...
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Fahrenheit 451

"A book is a loaded gun in the house next door..." Author: Ray Bradbury A classic dystopia sci-fi piece, Fahrenheit 451 is ...
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Banana Cream Pie Murder 

Marriage, Murder, and Mundane Musings Author: Joanne Fluke Marriage really starts when the honeymoon is over, and Hannah isn’t fated ...
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Yoga Bitch

One Woman's Sarcastic Journey Through Belief . . . and Urine Therapy By: Suzanne Morrison In love with every form ...
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The Religion

Ancient African Gods and Cataclysm in New York Author: Nicholas Conde After the devastating death of his young wife, anthropologist ...
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Standard Deviation

Everything's Temporary Author: Katherine Heiny Life is a compilation not only of choices made, but opportunities missed, choices left to ...
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Ultimates 3: Who Killed the Scarlet Witch

The Ultimate Bore: Or How to Draw Like Rob Liefeld Author: Jeph Loeb Illustrators: Joe Madureira and Christian Lichtner After ...
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Unfuck Your Habitat

The Junk that Binds Author: Rachel Hoffman During Lent, last year, I had given-up book purchasing and was suffering the ...
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Brew to a Kill, A

Coffee, Killings, and Crazy Driving  Author: Cleo Coyle Back in the mood for coffee and killings, I dived into Coyle’s ...
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Sellout, The

If Monty Python Dealt With Race. . . Author: Paul Beatty  Following on the heels of the disturbing bestseller Underground Railroad which used ...
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1105 Yakima Street

A Story More Skeleton than Personality Author: Debbie Macomber Making our way through a mixed audio CD book lot from ...
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Fatal Grace, A

Rawness, Revenge, Remorse Author: Louise Penny Winter is once again descending on Three Pines, an isolated Quebec village where abuses, ...
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Cyrano de Bergerac

A Different Kind of Beauty, a Swashbuckling Kind of Beast Author: Edmond Rostand Famous for its tragic romance and the ...
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Flabbergasted

God, Young Love, and Beaches Author: Ray Blackston Listening to Ray Blackston’s Flabbergasted while the warm summer air flowed through the car ...
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Shopgirl

Shopgirl: Steve Martin Writes Depressing Romance Philosophy Author: Steve Martin Back to my dwindling supply of hodge-podge books from a ...