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 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

Purple Lotus

Purple Lotus

Abandonment, Abuse, and Reclamation Author: Veena Rao Tara’s earliest memories are of not being wanted. As a child she was left ...
Night Swim

Night Swim

Two Girls, One Guilty Town Author: Megan Goldin Rachel Krall, successful creator and voice of Guilty or Not Guilty: “the podcast ...
Girl, Serpent, Thorn

Girl, Serpent, Thorn

The Princess is the Monster Author: Melissa Bashardoust “There’s something restless growing within you. We’re all very curious to see what ...
Let Us Dream

Let Us Dream

A Feel-Good Speech Without a Soul Authors: Pope Francis and Austen Ivereigh So, I am not Roman Catholic, but my ...
Ninth House

Ninth House

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Meets the Illuminati Author: Leigh Bardugo Since Galaxy Stern (Alex) can first remember, the dead have ...
Anne's House of Dreams

Anne’s House of Dreams

The Real Anne Author: L.M. Montgomery Newly married, Anne and Gilbert settle into their first house together at Four Winds Harbor, ...
Shattered Tempests

Shattered Tempests

When All That Remain is Order and Chaos . . . Author: Jessica Dall What’s left in a world where everything ...
Squeeze Me

Squeeze Me

Hiaasen Takes on Trump Author: Carl Hiaasen On the night of a swank gala in honor of the President, near Casa ...
Blood Territory: The Death of Jimmy O'Connell

Blood Territory: The Death of Jimmy O’Connell

What If An Innocent Man . . . Oh, Nevermind Author: Mark Whittaker Philip Mather spent over a decade in prison ...
Deadly Outbreaks

Deadly Outbreaks

A Clinical What-Dunnit Author: Alexandra M. Levitt, PhD Plagues, pandemics, simple diseases that have mutated into never-before-seen forms, all seemed the ...
Mr. Hands

Mr. Hands

If Revenge Was Yours . . . Author: Gary A. Braunbeck An abused young child has strange powers over death and ...
Sisters, The

Sisters, The

One Murder Case, Two Sisters Author: Dervla McTiernan Two sisters, both working to make the world a better place, both ...
Handyman, The

Handyman, The

The House that Frank Built Author: Bentley Little It’s odd that Daniel Martin, who brutally lost his entire family to a ...
Cut and Run

Cut and Run

“A light hearted dark comedy” Authors: Ben Acker and Ben Blacker At almost three hours, Cut and Run is a fast-paced, ...
Reading While Black

Reading While Black

The Bible, Hope, and the Big Questions Author: Esau McCaulley So, what’s a white, formerly fundamentalist, southern-born girl in the suburbs ...
Goodbye, Orchid

Goodbye, Orchid

Amputation, Love, and Goodbyes Author: Carol Van Den Hende Everything is going well for Phoenix. He is a powerful advertising mogul ...
Call of the Cats

Call of the Cats

Life and Death in a Feral Cat Colony Author: Andrew Bloomfield Andrew Bloomfield moved to California hoping to make it ...
Haunted, The

Haunted, The

“I was in the room where things grow old.” Author: Bentley Little This was my first experience of Bentley Little, and ...
Jesus Among Secular Gods: The Countercultural Claims of Christ

Jesus Among Secular Gods: The Countercultural Claims of Christ

Is God Relevant in Our Time? Authors: Ravi Zacharias and Vince Vitale In Jesus Among Secular Gods Ravi Zacharias and Vince ...
Beach Read

Beach Read

A Traditional Rom-Com with Purse Wine and Frenemies Author: Emily Henry January Andrews has made it through life on the wings ...