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 technical writer during the day, where she attempts to make software exciting.

Frances’ Reviews

Agatha Raisin and the Witch of Wyckhadden

Agatha Raisin and the Witch of Wyckhadden

Supernatural Sleuthing and Cute Kitties: Agatha Raisin's 9th Mystery Author: M.C. Beaton Seeking healing from her thwarted romance and for ...
Plague of the Manitou

Plague of the Manitou

Native American Mythology Combines with Modern Science Author: Graham Masterton Faces contorted after death into exaggerated images of paralyzed, helpless ...
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 ...