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 Master in Writing from Johns Hopkins University and works as a program specialist during the day.

Frances’ Reviews

Rule Against Murder, A

Rule Against Murder, A

What’s In a Name Author: Louise Penny Armand Gamache and his dedicated wife are taking a holiday from the Sutre, ...
Do Not Become Alarmed

Do Not Become Alarmed

Missing, Presumed . . . Author: Maile Meloy In a world where the biggest concern is what the cruise buffet ...
Summer Wives

Summer Wives

Champagne, Islands, Murder, and Young Love Author: Beatriz Williams Summer, 1951. Miranda Schuyler, a young girl, arrives at Winthrop Island ...
Immortalists, The (Frances)

Immortalists, The (Frances)

Be Careful What You Wish For Author: Chloe Benjamin In the summer of 1969 four siblings discover an old fortune ...
White Shark

White Shark

If Jaws Were About Escaped Science Experiments Author: Peter Benchley Simon Chase is struggling to maintain his new oceanographic institute ...
Daredevil Volume 4

Daredevil Volume 4

Drifting on the Wings of Madness Author: Mark Waid Illustrators: Chris Samnee and Mile Allred Following Daredevil’s life-threatening adventure in ...
Night of the Living Dead

Night of the Living Dead

“They’re Coming to Get You Barbara!” Author: John A. Russo Night of the Living Dead, at first a collaborative movie ...
Seven

Seven

Say Goodbye, as We Dance with the Devil Tonight Author: Vince Churchill God and the devil have a wager, and ...
Unholy Child

Unholy Child

A Fallen Nun, a Courtroom, and a Secret in Plain Sight Author: Catherine Breslin Unholy Child’s back cover blurb promises ...
Dead in the Pumpkin Patch

Dead in the Pumpkin Patch

Murder Most Cozy Author: Connie Feddersen In a landscape dotted with pumpkin patches, haystacks, kitschy Halloween decor, and cozy small ...
Raspberry Danish Murder

Raspberry Danish Murder

Murder, Mayhem, and Macchiatos Author: Joanne Fluke The homicidal hotbed known as the sleepy Minnesota town of Lake Eden is ...
Jesus Saves

Jesus Saves

A Beautiful Kind of Ugly Author: Darcey Steinke The topic of Jesus Saves is damnation – the desiccation of forgotten suburban ...
Secret of Shadow Ranch, The

Secret of Shadow Ranch, The

Nancy Drew in the Wild West Author: Carolyn Keene As a pre-teen, The Secret of Shadow Ranch was one of ...
Circe

Circe

The Lonliness of Gods Author: Madeline Miller I lucked into discovering Circe through Book of the Month and instantly knew ...
Buy a Whisker

Buy a Whisker

Crazed Killers and Cozy Cats Author: Sofie Ryan Returning to the charming world of antiques, cozy shops, Maine waterfronts, clever ...
Sing, Unburied, Sing

Sing, Unburied, Sing

The Flip-side of Hate is Love Author: Jesmyn Ward Present day ghosts and the madness of a disorganized, racially indistinct ...
New Girl, The

New Girl, The

Deadly Children, Secret Societies, and Complicit Schools Author: S.L. Grey S.L. Grey’s somber writing style and focus on the subtly ...
Shape of Water, The

Shape of Water, The

Love, Transformation, Water Gods, and Revenge Authors: Guillermo Del Toro and Daniel Kraus Let’s just start this out right: I’ve ...
Future Home of the Living God

Future Home of the Living God

Apocalypse, Dystopia, and the Love of a Mother Author: Louise Erdrich With the eerie haziness of The Handmaid’s Tale, Future ...
Underground Airlines

Underground Airlines

If Slavery In America Was Legal Today . . . Author: Ben H. Winters It’s a modern alternate America – ...