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

The Amityville Horror
A Creep-Show Ride of American Haunted House Lore Author: Jay Anson Sussing my way through a moldy collection of random ...

Life, the Universe, and Everything
Cricket, Talking Mattresses, and the End of the World (Again) “We can't win against obsession. They care, we don't. They ...

Little Town on the Prairie
Laura's Coming of Age Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder Little Town on the Prairie is the seventh book in the Little House series and ...

The Mystery at Lilac Inn
Ghosts, Submersibles, Thieves, and Confessions Author: Carolyn Keene While visiting an engaged friend at her recently purchased cozy inn, Nancy ...

I Let You Go
Another Abusive Relationship Thriller Author: Clare Mackintosh A rainy night – the cold post-twilight streets slicked in wet and glistening ...

Cruelest Month, The
An Easter Flavored Gamache Mystery Author: Louise Penny Returning to Three Pines during the time of resurrection, burgeoning new hope, ...

America’s Library: The Story of the Library of Congress 1800-2000
A Crash Course on the World's Biggest Library Author: James Conaway A bookworm since my earliest memory, I used to ...

Hillbilly Elegy
It's a Hard Knock Life for Us Author: J.D. Vance In an America covered by increasing political dissonance and an ...

Octopus: The Ocean’s Intelligent Invertebrate
The Secret Life of the Octopus Authors: Jennifer A. Mather, Roland C. Anderson, and James B. Wood Since my discovery of ...

The Dilbert Principle
Didn't You Get the Memo? Author: Scott Adams I have as yet to experience the work world sans a sardonic ...

Daredevil, Vol. 2
Flawed Justice Author: Mark Waid Illustrators: Paolo Rivera, Emma Rios, Kano Kano, Khoi Pham Fighting the forces of darkness has ...

Graveyard Apartment, The
Horror in the Sunshine: Can You Really Start Over? Author: Mariko Koike Teppei (husband) and Misao (wife) are a seemingly ...

Burnt Offerings
The Original Muse for Stephen King's The Shining Author: Robert Marasco Isolation and infatuation combine in the somber story of a ...

The Princess Diaries
Heavy is the Teenage Head Who Wears the Crown Author: Meg Cabot After finishing the absolutely delightful and side-splitting Heather ...

Hidden Hand, The
Madcap Heroines, Desperate Criminals, and a Place Called Hurricane Hall Author: E.D.E.N Southworth Regaling readers with a mix of 19th century ...

Eat Only When You’re Hungry
Lifetimes of Addiction Author: Lindsay Hunter In a land of self-indulgence, instant gratification, the temptations of sleazy bars and dark ...

Dancing in My Nuddy-Pants
Love, Laughter, and the Cosmic Horn Author: Louise Rennison The whirlwind life of self-absorbed and hilarious teen Georgia Nicholson is ...

Teacher’s Pet
Along Came a Spider Author: Andrew Neiderman When a mysterious and distinguished man appears in the run-down nowhere town of ...