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

Far Side of the Desert, The

Far Side of the Desert, The

From Captive to Conspirator Author: Joanne Leedom-Ackerman The Waters family is doing well; they originate from powerful political families with ...
Unlimited Grace

Unlimited Grace

Grace Vs Works - Again Author: Bryan Chapell Grace is one of the central tenants of Christianity and the Bible, both ...
Tender is the Flesh

Tender is the Flesh

Come Enjoy The "Special Meat"  Author: Agustina Bazterrica All the animals are dead – or at least, they should be. The ...
True Confessions of an Ambivalent Caregiver

True Confessions of an Ambivalent Caregiver

The Personal Cost of Care Author: Cindy Eastman In the spare 168 pages of True Confessions of an Ambivalent Caregiver, Cindy ...
Elephant Touch

Elephant Touch

Grief and Giving and the Magic of Elephants Author: Susan R. Greenway The world will never be the same for 12-year-old ...
Underhanded, The

Underhanded, The

Secret Societies and Sinister Schemes Author: Adam Sikes Professor William Dresden has never fit in, not with his family, and not ...
Black Cake

Black Cake

Family Secrets and Heart Scars All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. ~ ...
Horse

Horse

Horse Racing, Freedom, and History Author: Geraldine Brooks What do a record-breaking thoroughbred; a dusty, forgotten skeleton in a museum’s storage; ...
In the Manger

In the Manger

A Devotional About the Greatest Story Ever Told Author: Max Lucado In this beautiful selection, In The Manager, Max Lucado once ...
Mary

Mary

Perimenopause or Paranoia? Author: Nat Cassidy There’s a dead woman in the bathtub. This isn’t the first time, however, that Mary ...
Nine Lives To Die

Nine Lives To Die

When Pets Investigate Author: Rita Mae Brown The town of Crozet, Virginia is preparing for a snowy Christmas season. Almost everyone ...
Rapture

Rapture

The Dangers of Obsession Author: Thomas Tessier Jeff Lister is a successful man, at least in the world’s eyes. He lives ...
Nestlings

Nestlings

Motherhood and Mayhem Author: Nat Cassidy Anna and Reid are a young couple with a new baby and a traumatic backstory ...
Empire of Dirt, The

Empire of Dirt, The

Lyrical, Literary, Loathsome, and Lifeless Author: Francesca Manfredi Valentia lives in the “blind house,” in rural Italy, growing up with ...
Forsyte Saga, The

Forsyte Saga, The

Love Affairs, Betrayal, and Divorce Author: John Galsworthy The Forsyte Saga is an introspective journey through three generations of a newly wealthy ...
Blinds, The

Blinds, The

The Pain Of Remembering Author: Adam Sternbergh Memories are bullets. Some whiz by and only spook you. Others tear you open ...
Eileen

Eileen

Alcoholism, Laxative Purges, and Maybe an Eventual Scandal Author: Ottessa Moshfegh Living alone with her alcoholic, demented father, Eileen is both ...
Marie Antoinette: The Journey

Marie Antoinette: The Journey

An Empathetic Look Into a Misunderstood Monarch Author: Antonia Fraser Historically, Marie Antoinette is known as a vicious, yet fashionable ...
Golden Couple, The

Golden Couple, The

Deadly Secrets Authors: Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen Marissa and Matthew Bishop have an outwardly perfect life; after all, they’re both ...
Flint the King

Flint the King

One of the Best Dragonlance Adventures Authors: Mark Kirchoff & Douglas Niles It’s five years before the companions’ reunion, that fateful ...