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

Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple Mysteries)

Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple Mysteries)

Everyone Has a Reason to Murder Colonel Protheroe Author: Agatha Christie In Agatha Christie’s first Miss Marple mystery, the sanctity ...
Nest

Nest

The Adventures and Pain of Growing Up: A Story of Tragedy and Repair Author: Esther Ehrlich Naomi “Chirp” Orenstein is ...
Twins and Virgins (Hot Pleasures)

Twins and Virgins (Hot Pleasures)

A Short Story of Losing Virginity Author: Vonnick de Rosmadec Twins and Virgins is a short, erotic story about two eighteen ...
There Goes the Bride

There Goes the Bride

First Comes Love, then Comes Marriage, then comes Murder, and No Baby Carriage Author: M.C. Beaton Perambulating around the library, ...
Never Ceese

Never Ceese

Do Two Wrongs Make a Right? Author: Sue Dent Bound together on a final mission, a vampire and a werewolf ...
Love, Deadly Love

Love, Deadly Love

Victorian Mansions and Ghost Phones Author: Dorothy Bodoin Attempting to move past the amplifying foreboding brought on by her ninth-grade ...
Mulch (Gardening Mysteries)

Mulch (Gardening Mysteries)

Uncovered Mysteries Author: Ann Ripley Louise Eldrich, the wife of a secret CIA agent and a stay-at home mom, is ...
I Dreamed of Africa

I Dreamed of Africa

Hold Fast to Dreams Author: Kuki Gallmann Recovering from a car crash that killed many of her friends, still in ...
Satan's Snowdrop

Satan’s Snowdrop

The Dance of Death Author: Guy N. Smith La Masison des Fleurs – The House of Flowers. A centuries old, ...
the virgin suicides book cover

The Virgin Suicides

No Use in Staying on this Holocaust Ride Author: Jeffrey Eugenides “Virgin suicide What was that she cried? No use ...
Hawke's Point

Hawke’s Point

Searching for Redemption Author: Mark Willen Jonas Hawke is a retired lawyer, a recovering alcoholic, and a mourner for his ...
Death of a Garden Pest: A Gardening Mystery

Death of a Garden Pest: A Gardening Mystery

Horticulture and Homicide Author: Ann Ripley Recovering from her near-death experience at the hands of a murderer who felt she ...
A Year and a Day

A Year and a Day

Growing up in the Shadow of Suicide Author: Leslie Pietrzyk Fifteen-year-old Alice must cope with the after effects of her ...
myhappylife

My Happy Life

 Sublimity in Corruption Author: Lydia Millet Abandoned in an asylum, eating toothpaste and plaster to hold back starvation, our unnamed ...
Blackberry Pie Murder

Blackberry Pie Murder

Hannah Kills: A Gritty Attempt at Lake Eden Cozy Homicide Author: Joanne Fluke In the 17th Hannah Swenson mystery stories ...
Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

A Timeless, Chilling Science Fiction Classic Author: Jack Finney The classic 1955 novel that spawned two major motion pictures and ...
Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The

Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The

“Give me a girl at an impressionable age and she is mine for life.” Author: Muriel Spark A novel about ...
Drought

Drought

When a Drought Reveals the Thirst for Power Author: Graham Masterton What would you do if the government cut off ...
Nocturnal Offerings

Nocturnal Offerings

Take a Ride on the Wild Side Author: Alan Draven Nick Kubrick, myth debunker and famous Bitternest disc jockey, is ...
Twenties Girl

Twenties Girl

The Roaring Life Author: Sophie Kinsella Lara Lington is less concerned with the burial of her 105 year old Great ...