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

Island of Dr. Moreau, The

Island of Dr. Moreau, The

A Visceral Classic with a Bite Author: H.G. Wells Back to my classics kick and inspired by a Why Did ...
Body Surfing

Body Surfing

A Stagnant Seaside Romance Author: Anita Shreve Twenty-nine year old Sydney is once divorced and once widowed. Seeking refuge from ...
Lovely Bones, The

Lovely Bones, The

A Classic Inspection of Grief Author: Alice Seabold “My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen ...
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Back on my classics kick, I pulled out my trusty, completely random Google list of the top 100 novels and ...
Say Goodbye To Stubborn Sin

Say Goodbye To Stubborn Sin

Say Goodbye To Stubborn Sin: A surgeon explains the physiological factors that trigger it Author: Clark Gerhart A semi-recent decision ...
Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham

Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham

A ‘Doo to Die For By: M.C. Beaton Catty, captivating, and ultimately vulnerable, M.C. Beaton’s Agatha Raisin mystery series returns in ...
My Other Ex: Women's True Stories of Losing and Leaving Friends

My Other Ex: Women’s True Stories of Losing and Leaving Friends

My Other Ex: A Tearful but Transcending Reading Experience Editors: Jessica Smock and Stephanie Sprenger Friendship ends. This is the ...
Big Boned

Big Boned

Murder at Death Dorm  Author: Meg Cabot Ex-pop star, now plus size Assistant Dormitory Professor, Heather Wells is having a ...
Little House in the Big Woods

Little House in the Big Woods

A Deserving Classic Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder The Little House books, and the many series and prequels that followed, were ...
Mere Christianity

Mere Christianity

One of C.S. Lewis' Most Acclaimed Works Author: C.S. Lewis Attempting to analyze one of the most famous works of ...
Daughter of Darkness

Daughter of Darkness

Daughter of Darkness: A Vampiric Nod to V.C. Andrews Author: V.C. Andrews Raised as an orphan, adopted into a brooding ...
Double Fudge Brownie Murder

Double Fudge Brownie Murder

Hannah Finally Makes a Decision!!! Author: Joanne Fluke After accidentally becoming a killer herself in book 17, Blackberry Pie Murder, ...
Jungle Tales of Tarzan

Jungle Tales of Tarzan

Tarzan: Racism and Cruelty Ruin an Interesting Concept Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs Prowling around the library, after promising myself diligently ...
Quenched

Quenched

In a World of Bad Horror Books, Quenched is the #1 Stinker Author: Mary Ann Mitchell A few months ago, ...
Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death

Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death

Agatha Deals with Aging and Murder Author: M.C. Beaton Striking out on the seventh Agatha Raisin mystery in the series, ...
The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter

Sin, Purity, and Redemption Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne Hester Prynn, young married woman with an absentee husband who probably long ago ...
Moving Finger (Miss Marple Mysteries)

Moving Finger (Miss Marple Mysteries)

Hate Mail and Murder: The Fourth Miss Marple Mystery Author: Agatha Christie Jerry Burton and his sophisticated sister, Joanna, are ...
Catcher in the Rye

Catcher in the Rye

Catcher in the Rye: A "Classic" Case of the Emperor-Has-No-Clothes Author: J.D. Salinger Subject to banning since 1961 all the ...
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson Book 1)

Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson Book 1)

Boys, Makeup, and Growing Up - A Comical YA Treasure  Author: Louise Rennison Fourteen-year-old Georgia Nicolson is having an especially ...
Under the Pyramids

Under the Pyramids

A Horror Tale of Egypt and Ancient Magic Author: H.P. Lovecraft In collusion with the famous escape artist, Harry Houdini, ...