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
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
A Stagnant Seaside Romance Author: Anita Shreve Twenty-nine year old Sydney is once divorced and once widowed. Seeking refuge from ...
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
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: A surgeon explains the physiological factors that trigger it Author: Clark Gerhart A semi-recent decision ...
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: A Tearful but Transcending Reading Experience Editors: Jessica Smock and Stephanie Sprenger Friendship ends. This is the ...
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
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: A Vampiric Nod to V.C. Andrews Author: V.C. Andrews Raised as an orphan, adopted into a brooding ...
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
Tarzan: Racism and Cruelty Ruin an Interesting Concept Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs Prowling around the library, after promising myself diligently ...
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
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)
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: 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)
Boys, Makeup, and Growing Up - A Comical YA Treasure Author: Louise Rennison Fourteen-year-old Georgia Nicolson is having an especially ...
Under the Pyramids
A Horror Tale of Egypt and Ancient Magic Author: H.P. Lovecraft In collusion with the famous escape artist, Harry Houdini, ...
