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

All the Dangerous Things

All the Dangerous Things

We've Seen It All Before Author: Stacy Willingham Isabelle Drake hasn’t slept in a year. Not since the day her infant ...
House in the Cerulean Sea, The

House in the Cerulean Sea, The

Bad Morals, Charming Storytelling Author: TJ Klune Linus Baker is the type of unassuming person who always colors within the ...
Contagion

Contagion

It's In the Water Author: Erin Bowman Zombies? Isolation? Creepy space planets with ice cold waters harboring wavy black seaweed? Inept ...
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 ...