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 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

Stranger Beside Me, The

Stranger Beside Me, The

A True Crime Author, a Serial Killer, A Strange Friendship Author: Ann Rule Ann Rule, prolific true crime writer, worked side ...
Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul

Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul

Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul Author: Howard Schultz In 2008, the story of Starbuck’s journey ...
Transforming Grace

Transforming Grace

A Devotional on Grace Author: Jerry Bridges The reading and listening challenge for the C.S. Lewis Fellows Program for the month ...
Sister, Maiden, Monster

Sister, Maiden, Monster

An Extreme Horror End-of-the-World Story Author: Lucy A. Snyder Sister, Maiden, Monster is a truly weird book – a splatter-fest of ...
Seed

Seed

Monsters in the Graveyard, Possessed Children, and Haunted Fathers Author: Ania Ahlborn Jack Winter has been running for a long time ...
Dangerous Illusions (Code of Honor, #1)

Dangerous Illusions (Code of Honor, #1)

Murder, Love, Intrigue Author: Irene Hannon Trish Bailey has experienced years of tragedy and heartache. It is hardly over. After losing ...
Usher’s Passing

Usher’s Passing

Fall of the House of Usher - A Failed Retelling Author: Robert R. McCammon Usher's Passing is a dumb book, with ...
Gallows Hill

Gallows Hill

Family Curses Author: Darcy Coates Margot never knew her parents. They sent her away to live with her grandmother early in ...
Silent Companions, The

Silent Companions, The

Legacies of Despair Author: Laura Purcell She’s locked away now. Silent. Allegedly crazy. She did, after all, kill everybody. That’s what ...
No Exit

No Exit

Survivor or Savior? Author: Taylor Adams Darby Thorne’s world has been turned upside down. She’s never been the best daughter, the ...
Horrorstör

Horrorstör

True Corporate Hell Author: Grady Hendrix Amy hates her job. The bright, fake cheerfulness of her Ikea-like furniture store job; the ...
Churn the Soil

Churn the Soil

Horror in the Forest Author: Steve Stred In the border, there is a small settlement. People who deliberately live off-the-gride and ...
Writing Retreat, The

Writing Retreat, The

A Self-Aware, Self-Serving Mess Author: Julia Bartz Alex hasn’t been able to write for a year, not since she stopped being ...
The Spread: The Stand

The Spread: The Stand

The Fungal Horror Continues Author: Iain Rob Wright The alien fungus has continued to spread across the world. Ryan, his younger ...
Spread: The Village

Spread: The Village

Apocalypses Vs Vendettas Author: Iain Rob Wright In the first book, The Hill, brothers Ryan and Aaron have escaped their mutated, ...
One Friday in Napa

One Friday in Napa

Parallel Loves, Unforgotten Grief Author: Jennifer Hamm Death is the great divider, and the great evener too. Vene has run out ...
Spread: The Hill

Spread: The Hill

The Beginning of the End Author: Iain Rob Wright Ryan wants to evoke the past, to go back to the glory ...
Quiet Time: A Practical Guide for Daily Devotions

Quiet Time: A Practical Guide for Daily Devotions

A Practical Guide to Connecting with and Worshiping God Author: InterVarsity InterVarsity’s Quiet Time is a small (thirty page) practical guide ...
Consumed by Hate, Redeemed by Love: How a Violent Klansman Became a Champion of Racial Reconciliation

Consumed by Hate, Redeemed by Love: How a Violent Klansman Became a Champion of Racial Reconciliation

A Modern-Day Saul Story Author: Thomas A. Tarrants I first discovered Tom Tarrants’ story through a C.S. Lewis Institute event. I’ve ...
Ordering Your Private World

Ordering Your Private World

How to Build a Solid Life & Faith Foundation Author: Gordon MacDonald This year I’ve done something exciting! I’ve been accepted ...