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
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
Hold Fast to Dreams Author: Kuki Gallmann Recovering from a car crash that killed many of her friends, still in ...
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
No Use in Staying on this Holocaust Ride Author: Jeffrey Eugenides “Virgin suicide What was that she cried? No use ...
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
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
Growing up in the Shadow of Suicide Author: Leslie Pietrzyk Fifteen-year-old Alice must cope with the after effects of her ...
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
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
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
“Give me a girl at an impressionable age and she is mine for life.” Author: Muriel Spark A novel about ...
Nocturnal Offerings
Take a Ride on the Wild Side Author: Alan Draven Nick Kubrick, myth debunker and famous Bitternest disc jockey, is ...
Twenties Girl
The Roaring Life Author: Sophie Kinsella Lara Lington is less concerned with the burial of her 105 year old Great ...
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Classic Science-Fiction Adventure Author: Jules Verne Vengeance, adventure, mystery, and science combine together in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, ...
Julius Caesar
"Then Fall, Caesar." Author: William Shakespeare A classical tale of treachery, Julius Caesar concentrates on Marcus Brutus, the great betrayer, ...
My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind
An Intimate Look at One Man's Anxiety Disorder Author: Scott Stossel As someone who was diagnosed with OCD (Obsessive Compulsive ...
Hunchback of Notre-Dame, The
The Violence of Beauty Author: Victor Hugo The Hunchback of Notre-Dame is a macabre story, concentrating on lust, rape, obsession, ...
Heart of Darkness
Dissection of a Dark Heart Author: Joseph Conrad An iconic tale of greed, imperialism, and racism, Heart of Darkness captures ...
