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

Skinny Dip

Skinny Dip

A Rollicking Murder on the High Seas By: Carl Hiaasen Joey’s idea of a romantic two year anniversary with her ...
Man in the Brown Suit, The

Man in the Brown Suit, The

Not the Traditional Christie: A Peppy 1920s Thriller By: Agatha Christie Anne Beddingfeld, young, impressionable, erratic, and deeply romantic in ...
Death by Tiara

Death by Tiara

Prozac, Cattiness, and Deadly Beauty Author: Laura Levine Jaine Austen, the love-lorn female detective of the elastic waist jeans and ...
The Underground City

The Underground City

The Underground City: A Little Known Jules Verne Story Author: Jules Verne Thirteen years after the publication of Journey to ...
Farmer Boy

Farmer Boy

Another Cozy Little House Novel Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder With Fall in the air and pumpkin spice lattes proliferating from ...
Stiff Upper Lip Jeeves

Stiff Upper Lip Jeeves

Another Love Scheme Gone Wrong at Totliegh Towers Author: P.G. Wodehouse Coming back from Chattanooga through a ten hour drive, ...
Washing the Dead

Washing the Dead

Redemption, History, and the Bond of Family Author: Michelle Brafman Washing the Dead is both a personal story of growth ...
Listerdale Mystery and Eleven Other Stories

Listerdale Mystery and Eleven Other Stories

A Cozy Collection of 12 Mystery Stories Author: Agatha Christie A cozy mystery fan and recent addict to Agatha Christie, ...
Chef Maurice and a Spot of Truffle

Chef Maurice and a Spot of Truffle

An Endearing and Hilarious Cotswold Cozy! By: J.A. Lang When Ollie Meadows, disliked supplier and forager for the local gourmands ...
1984

1984

Big Brother Is Always Watching You Author: George Orwell In a world where telescreens are always watching you and where ...
The Walking Dead: Compendium Two

The Walking Dead: Compendium Two

From the Prison to a Possible Utopia By: Robert Kirkman Getting ready for the season of pumpkin spice and all ...
Tourist Season

Tourist Season

Terrorism and Tourism By: Carl Hiaasen The president of the Miami Chamber of Commerce is more than just dead. He’s ...
Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas: Further, Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson

Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas: Further, Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson

Further Tribulations of a Teen in Snogging Withdrawal Author: Louise Rennison Life isn’t always easy when you’re the girlfriend of ...
Sleeping Murder (Miss Marple Mysteries)

Sleeping Murder (Miss Marple Mysteries)

“Cover her face; mine eyes dazzle; she died young." Author: Agatha Christie Coming from New Zealand, Gwenda is on a ...
Go Set a Watchman

Go Set a Watchman

The Racist Sequel for To Kill a Mockingbird Author: Harper Lee Fifty-five years after the iconic classic To Kill a ...
Manitou, The

Manitou, The

The Beginning of Masterton's Best Loved Series Author: Graham Masterton Having been introduced to Graham Masterton’s long running Manitou series ...
Code of the Woosters, The

Code of the Woosters, The

My Favorite Wodehouse Novel to Date Author: P.G. Wodehouse In one of the most daring (and deranged) escapades yet, Bertie ...
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1)

A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1)

Why You Should Get In On This Latest Nation-Wide Fiction Addiction Author: George R. R. Martin Shall I tell you ...
Ye Are the Body

Ye Are the Body

A History of the Anglican/Episcopalian Church Author: Bonnell Spencer In between cozy mysteries and bouts of classical literature, I always ...
Journey to the Center of the Earth

Journey to the Center of the Earth

The Beauty of Winding, Subterranean Galleries Author: Jules Verne In the classic library mode yet again, I decided to go ...